assignment of winreg module to another name causes NameError

[jaraco]

BPO	11502
Nosy	@jaraco

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closed_at = <Date 2011-03-14.21:51:34.721>
created_at = <Date 2011-03-14.16:31:31.725>
labels = ['expert-2to3']
title = 'assignment of winreg module to another name causes NameError'
updated_at = <Date 2011-03-14.21:51:34.720>
user = 'https://github.com/jaraco'

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[jaraco]

Consider the Python file:

    import _winreg
    _winreg.foo
    x = _winreg

Currently, 2to3 converts this to:

    import winreg
    winreg.foo
    x = _winreg

The result will elicit a NameError on line 3 (if line 2 is valid). Is it possible to support this case?

[Arfrever]

It's a duplicate of issue bpo-11276.

[jaraco]

Good call. Closing.