[issue17124] import subprocess hangs for ~25 seconds, time.py file in dir - py 2.7.3, 2.6.6

Dave Jones added the comment: Tried to edit subject to make it easier to search -- title: import subprocess hangs for ~25 seconds, 700+ files in dir - py 2.7.3, 2.6.6 - import subprocess hangs for ~25 seconds, time.py file in dir - py 2.7.3, 2.6.6

[issue17124] import subprocess hangs for ~25 seconds, time.py file in dir - py 2.7.3, 2.6.6

Charles-François Natali added the comment: You happen to have a script named time.py, so when the subprocess module is imported, it imports this script instead of the correct time module. Nothing is wrong, closing. -- nosy: +neologix resolution: - invalid stage: - committed/rejected

[issue17124] import subprocess hangs for ~25 seconds, time.py file in dir - py 2.7.3, 2.6.6

Ian Cordasco added the comment: Dave, at some point during the import of subprocess the time module is apparently imported. Because of how imports work, it is importing your local copy instead of the standard library version. I would wager money that if you ran time python time.py (on your