<filename>figurefirst/__init__.py
from . import svg_to_axes
#reload(svg_to_axes)
from . import mpl_functions
from .svg_to_axes import FigureLayout
from . import mpl_fig_to_figurefirst_svg
from . import svg_util
from . import deprecated_regenerate

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] > 2: # regenerate uses importlib.utils, which requires python 3?
    from . import regenerate

<filename>figurefirst/__init__.py
from . import svg_to_axes
#reload(svg_to_axes)
from . import mpl_functions
from .svg_to_axes import FigureLayout
from . import mpl_fig_to_figurefirst_svg
from . import svg_util
from . import deprecated_regenerate

import sys
if sys.version_info[0] > 2: # regenerate uses importlib.utils, which requires python 3?
    from . import regenerate

#reload(svg_to_axes) # regenerate uses importlib.utils, which requires python 3?