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Author brett.cannon
Recipients Rob Bairos, brett.cannon, eric.snow
Date 2013-08-23.12:30:24
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Because that is how it has always been: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/b9b521efeba3/Python/import.c#l3164 . It could be changed but someone out there is relying on those semantics and it's a minor thing to leave in so I don't want to mess with it.
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