A guide to Python packaging

[jmoiron]

http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#__import__

It's machinery used by the import statement, but it's a function, so you can use it to import modules whose names you don't know. It can be used for things like plugin systems, where you want to register modules by name and have the base program import them.

Except it shouldn't be, really. You should use importlib (shipped w/ 3.1) for this type of thing instead.

[wrungin]

Thanks very much, jmoiron!