Edward Loper edloper at gradient.cis.upenn.edu
Mon Aug 2 19:50:42 CEST 2004

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> I propose to add the following function to the imp module:
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>   exists(module_name)
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>      Test whether the named module can be found.  [...]
>      If a dotted module name is given, then parent modules will be
>      imported if they haven't already been imported.

If a parent module doesn't exist, will it return False or raise an 
ImportError?

-Edward

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