Avoid total dependency on the new module. This addresses the problem

reported by Greg Ball on python-dev.

diff --git a/Lib/__future__.py b/Lib/__future__.py
index 5a6483832e8c0a33b57bf262e47d410a5bec70df..ebb44a71f6d615f3c82829ffbe37cb9296f06594 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/__future__.py
+++ b/Lib/__future__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ all_feature_names = [
 
 __all__ = ["all_feature_names"] + all_feature_names
 
-import new as _new  # for CO_xxx symbols
+try:
+    import new as _new  # for CO_xxx symbols
+except ImportError: # May happen during build
+    class _new:
+        CO_NESTED = 0x0010
+        CO_GENERATOR_ALLOWED = 0x1000
+        CO_FUTURE_DIVISION = 0x2000
 
 class _Feature:
     def __init__(self, optionalRelease, mandatoryRelease, compiler_flag):