Stefan Richthofer <stefan.richthofer@gmx.de> added the comment:

It seems that I cannot reproduce this with current Jython trunk version. If I simply start Jython the "usual" way, import seems to work fine:

stefan@stefan-y260 /data/workspace/jython/dist $ bin/jython
Jython 2.7.2a1+ (default:134c5c8c2332, Sep 2 2018, 00:37:08)
[OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Oracle Corporation)] on java1.8.0_181
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import argparse
>>>

Is something wrond with your Lib folder? What Jython version are you using?

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