[Python-modules-team] Bug#841726: ipython3: importing something from ipython has side effects

[Chris Lamb]

Dominik George wrote:

> Besides speech-dispatcher, against which I also reported a bug, I do not
> have any packages on my system that show such behaviour.

Oh, really? But surely some of them adjust sys.path (probably the most
common?) as well as importing shared libraries and running stuff like ``apt_pkg.init_config()``.

The side-effects might be more subtle but they are still, alas, side-
effects.


Regards,

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