Issue #2400: Allow relative imports to "import *".

Lib/test/relimport.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .test_import import *

Lib/test/test_import.py

@@ -254,8 +254,20 @@ class PathsTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(mod.testdata, 'test_trailing_slash')
         unload("test_trailing_slash")
 
+class RelativeImport(unittest.TestCase):
+    def tearDown(self):
+        try:
+            del sys.modules["test.relimport"]
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def test_relimport_star(self):
+        # This will import * from .test_import.
+        import relimport
+        self.assertTrue(hasattr(relimport, "RelativeImport"))
+
 def test_main(verbose=None):
-    run_unittest(ImportTest, PathsTests)
+    run_unittest(ImportTest, PathsTests, RelativeImport)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     test_main()

Misc/NEWS

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 2?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #2400: Allow relative imports to "import *".
+
 - Issue 1745.  Backport print function with:
    from __future__ import print_function
 

Python/ast.c

@@ -2413,10 +2413,6 @@ ast_for_import_stmt(struct compiling *c, const node *n)
             /* from ... import * */
             n = CHILD(n, idx);
             n_children = 1;
-            if (ndots) {
-                ast_error(n, "'import *' not allowed with 'from .'");
-                return NULL;
-            }
             break;
         case LPAR:
             /* from ... import (x, y, z) */