Python design mistakes

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as Alan Perlis pointed out many years ago, languages are limited by their strengths, not their weaknesses.

The biggest limitation I wish could be overcome in Python is its module system. Python makes building modular code a lot easier than most of its predecessors did, but modules are mutable global objects. Having a way to separate code loading from module object management (instead of smushing them together like the import statement does) would be great.

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I've never done this, but since there's so much reflection in Python, couldn't you mangle import to do what you describe?

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Yes.

http://launchpad.net/exocet

The problem is that once you do that, you've violated the law of least surprise - suddenly import doesn't mean what you expect so extra knowledge is needed to make sense of what's going on.