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Author	larry
Recipients	Arfrever, barry, christian.heimes, eric.snow, larry, pitrou, python-dev, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner
Date	2014-02-26.20:49:05
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Message-id	<1393447745.45.0.806146014141.issue20784@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> So, it's a very common idiom. "Common" doesn't imply "correct" or "supported". There are plenty of other packages/modules who don't import their subpackages/submodules during initialization. Unless explicitly supported by the module, using a submodule without explicitly importing it is relying on undefined behavior. I stand by my statement.

> So, it's a very common idiom.

"Common" doesn't imply "correct" or "supported".  There are plenty of other packages/modules who don't import their subpackages/submodules during initialization.  Unless explicitly supported by the module, using a submodule without explicitly importing it is relying on undefined behavior.

I stand by my statement.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-02-26 20:49:05	larry	set	recipients: + larry, barry, rhettinger, pitrou, vstinner, christian.heimes, Arfrever, r.david.murray, python-dev, eric.snow, serhiy.storchaka
2014-02-26 20:49:05	larry	set	messageid: <1393447745.45.0.806146014141.issue20784@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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