The standard module cgi.py from Python 2.x imports urllib, but urllib is not used. This causes a little bit of extra memory usage and a small increase in load time. It's not much, but it was enough for me to notice when I was profiling my program.

I think the urllib import can be safely removed in 2.6 and 2.7. I've tested without the import and it works as expected in my case.

In Python 3.2 (other 3.x versions not checked), urllib.parse is imported but here it is actually used, so no problem there.

PS. first time submitting a bug here, so if I'm doing something wrong, please be gentle :)

Python 2.6/3.1 only get security fixes, and 2.7/3.2/3.3 only get bug fixes.
This is technically a performance issue, so I'm not sure it can go in 2.7, but if the change is as simple as it seems it could be considered.

Fair enough, I think I'm using 2.7 only. I wasn't sure about the patch format, so I added a unified diff. If you require a different format, please let me know.

New changeset f77648af7ff0 by Ezio Melotti in branch '2.7':
#16765: remove unused import.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f77648af7ff0

Fixed, thanks for the report!

> I wasn't sure about the patch format, so I added a unified diff.

The best way is to get a clone of CPython and use "hg diff > patch.diff".  You can find more information about it in the devguide.

Thanks, I will do that next time. Happy holidays everyone!