relative import unexpectedly binds name

[anntzer]

BPO	15598
Nosy	@brettcannon, @benjaminp, @ericsnowcurrently, @anntzer

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[anntzer]

The language reference is clear:
"The from form does not bind the module name" (Section 6.12)

However, consider the following example:

• package/init.py:
  foo = "FOO"
  from .foo import bar
  print(foo)
  os = "OS"
  from os import path
  print(os)

• package/foo.py:
  foo = 42

Now "import package" results in printing:
<module 'pypackage.foo' from 'pypackage/foo.py'>
OS

i.e., the relative "from ... import" has not only bound "bar", but also "foo", which seems to contradict the documentation.
(I get the same behaviour using 3.2.3 as well as 2.7.3.)

[benjaminp]

I don't think this is incorrect. Importing a submodule implicit sets its name in the package scope, which is __init__'s module scope.

[ericsnowcurrently]

I agree with Benjamin. The name is not bound due to the from-import statement.