--- forking.py	Mon Apr 26 12:53:43 2010
+++ Copy of forking.py	Mon Apr 26 12:53:00 2010
@@ -447,17 +447,22 @@
                 dirs = [os.path.dirname(main_path)]
 
             assert main_name not in sys.modules, main_name
-            file, path_name, etc = imp.find_module(main_name, dirs)
+            
             try:
-                # We would like to do "imp.load_module('__main__', ...)"
-                # here.  However, that would cause 'if __name__ ==
-                # "__main__"' clauses to be executed.
-                main_module = imp.load_module(
-                    '__parents_main__', file, path_name, etc
-                    )
-            finally:
-                if file:
-                    file.close()
+                main_module = __import__(main_name)
+            except ImportError:
+                file, path_name, etc = imp.find_module(main_name, dirs)
+                
+                try:
+                    # We would like to do "imp.load_module('__main__', ...)"
+                    # here.  However, that would cause 'if __name__ ==
+                    # "__main__"' clauses to be executed.
+                    main_module = imp.load_module(
+                        '__parents_main__', file, path_name, etc
+                        )
+                finally:
+                    if file:
+                        file.close()
 
             sys.modules['__main__'] = main_module
             main_module.__name__ = '__main__'