"""Backwards-compatibility shim for top-level `pipeline` module.

The project moved core modules into the `SYS` package (e.g. `SYS.pipeline`).
Many third-party code and tests still import top-level names like `pipeline`.
This shim ensures `import pipeline` returns the `SYS.pipeline` module object.
"""

from importlib import import_module
import sys

# Import the real implementation and ensure subsequent imports of
# the top-level name point to the SYS package module object.
_real = import_module("SYS.pipeline")
sys.modules[__name__] = _real