Issue #14582: Import returns the module returned by a loader instead
of sys.modules when possible.
This is being done for two reasons. One is to gain a little bit of
performance by skipping an unnecessary dict lookup in sys.modules. But
the other (and main) reason is to be a little bit more clear in how
things should work from the perspective of import's interactions with
loaders. Otherwise loaders can easily forget to return the module even
though PEP 302 explicitly states they are expected to return the module
they loaded.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #14582: Import directly returns the module as returned by a loader when
+ possible instead of fetching it from sys.modules.
+
- Issue #13889: Check and (if necessary) set FPU control word before calling
any of the dtoa.c string <-> float conversion functions, on MSVC builds of
Python. This fixes issues when embedding Python in a Delphi app.