email module namespace inconsistent

[melicertes]

BPO	980019
Nosy	@warsaw

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[melicertes]

Inconsistencies in the email module:

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from email.Generator import Generator
foo = Generator(...)

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works as you'd expect, but the following:
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import email
foo = email.Generator.Generator(...)

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raises AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute
'Generator'.

The two should be equivalent, shouldn't they?

[warsaw]

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That's not the way Python works, and the email package isn't
like os here; it doesn't automatically export its
sub-modules. You'll need to do this:

import email.Generator
foo = email.Generator.Generator()