import with SyntaxError

main.py

print "importing problematic_module through other_module:"
try:
    import other_module
except Exception as e:
    print "...got", e

print "importing problematic_module directly:"
try:
    import problematic_module
except Exception as e:
    print "...got", e

other_module.py

import problematic_module

output.txt

~/work/tmp/importtest$ python main.py 
importing problematic_module through other_module:
...got invalid syntax (problematic_module.py, line 1)
importing problematic_module directly:
...got invalid syntax (problematic_module.py, line 1)

problematic_module.py

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