Fixed #8193: all dynamic imports in Django are now done correctly. I know this because Brett Cannon borrowed the time machine and brought Python 2.7's '`importlib` back for inclusion in Django. Thanks for the patch-from-the-future, Brett!

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@10088 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

4 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/flush.py b/django/core/management/commands/flush.py
index f0df69204b..5d8a36e7a2 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/flush.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/flush.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, CommandError
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from optparse import make_option
 
 class Command(NoArgsCommand):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
         # dispatcher events.
         for app_name in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
             try:
-                __import__(app_name + '.management', {}, {}, [''])
+                import_module('.management', app_name)
             except ImportError:
                 pass
 
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/startapp.py b/django/core/management/commands/startapp.py
index a81c427142..13d64834a6 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/startapp.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/startapp.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from django.core.management.base import copy_helper, CommandError, LabelCommand
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
 class Command(LabelCommand):
     help = "Creates a Django app directory structure for the given app name in the current directory."
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class Command(LabelCommand):
 
         # Check that the app_name cannot be imported.
         try:
-            __import__(app_name)
+            import_module(app_name)
         except ImportError:
             pass
         else:
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py b/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py
index 540a64d2ea..712e43da83 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.core.management.base import copy_helper, CommandError, LabelCommand
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 import os
 import re
 from random import choice
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ class Command(LabelCommand):
 
         # Check that the project_name cannot be imported.
         try:
-            __import__(project_name)
+            import_module(project_name)
         except ImportError:
             pass
         else:
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py b/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py
index dbef7a6a95..fe51d45bb3 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
+from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 from optparse import make_option
 import sys
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
         # dispatcher events.
         for app_name in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
             try:
-                __import__(app_name + '.management', {}, {}, [''])
+                import_module('.management', app_name)
             except ImportError, exc:
                 # This is slightly hackish. We want to ignore ImportErrors
                 # if the "management" module itself is missing -- but we don't