> On 8 Nov 2019, at 18:06, Dan Sommers <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> On 11/8/19 10:40 AM, Jonathan Fine wrote:
>> Hi All
>> I think we can learn from Unix/Linux here. Like python, it has a PATH
>> variable for finding executables. It also has a command 'which'.
> 
> Python already has a "-v" option:
> 
>       -v     Print  a message each time a module is initialized, showing the 
> place (filename
>              or built-in module) from which it is loaded.  When given twice, 
> print a message
>              for  each  file that is checked for when searching for a module. 
>  Also provides
>              information on module cleanup at exit.

Isn't this too late? I mean, this is only relevant if you understand that 
conflicting module names is the problem you're having. It seems to me like not 
allowing or warning or something when you get into this situation would 
actually solve the problem. 
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