From 910e629ec767d0cca83e270b00b1529acbcc826d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prascle <prascle>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:46:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] PR: bug PAL 13665 and EDF 311

---
 src/KERNEL_PY/import_hook.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/KERNEL_PY/import_hook.py b/src/KERNEL_PY/import_hook.py
index 904e3d441..e3e744a81 100755
--- a/src/KERNEL_PY/import_hook.py
+++ b/src/KERNEL_PY/import_hook.py
@@ -149,7 +149,12 @@ def import_hook(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None):
        #when fromlist is not specified and name is a dotted name,
        # module is the root package not the real module
        #so we need to retrieve it
-       m=get_real_module(module,name)
+       # note: some modules like xml.dom do not play the rule
+       # (import xml: no attribute dom, but import xml.dom OK)
+       try:
+           m=get_real_module(module,name)
+       except AttributeError:
+           m=None
 
     if type(m) == type(sys) and is_shared(m.__name__):
        set_shared_imported(m.__name__,m)
-- 
2.39.2