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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"bpython shell cannot import python namespace packages","articleBody":"In Python 3.3, python namespace packages were introduced [0] - namespace package is a virtual package whose contents can be distributed in various places along Python's PATH. TL;DR \r\n\r\nCurrently importing a namespace package in bpython fails with:\r\n```\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e import my_namespace\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"\u003cinput\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\r\n    import my_namespace\r\nModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'my_namespace'\r\n```\r\n\r\nwhereas the identical python distribution, just running native shell, produces:\r\n\r\n```\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e import my_namespace\r\n\u003e\u003e\u003e my_namespace\r\n\u003cmodule 'my_namespace' (namespace)\u003e \r\n```\r\n\r\n[0] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0420/","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tbabej","@type":"Person","name":"tbabej"},"datePublished":"2020-07-31T07:14:40.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/835/bpython/issues/835"}