The imphook module allows to easily define per file type import hooks, i.e. overload or extend import processing for particular file types, without affecting processing of other file types, and at the ...

When trying to run basic examples from a virtualenv, I get this error caused by the local types.py module taking precedent over python's builtin types module.

This post explains what a Python module is and how to use it to drastically extend the capabiltiies of your code. Plus: how to make your own!