Agree, python import system is annoyingly configurable, and way too much libraries use these features to do magic. I regularly have to spend some time on panda

Agree, python import system is annoyingly configurable, and way too much libraries use these features to do magic. I regularly have to spend some time on pandas source code just to untangle the mess of import aliases magic they do. But the standard library is no exception, importing os will dynamically import os.path.