Message308206
Along the lines of Issue32303 there's another inconsistency in namespace package metadata. Let's say I have a namespace package:
>>> importlib_resources.tests.data03.namespace
<module 'importlib_resources.tests.data03.namespace' (namespace)>
The package has no __file__ attribute, and it has a misleading __spec__.origin
>>> importlib_resources.tests.data03.namespace.__spec__.origin
'namespace'
>>> importlib_resources.tests.data03.namespace.__file__
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: module 'importlib_resources.tests.data03.namespace' has no attribute '__file__'
This is especially bad because the documentation for __spec__.origin implies a correlation to __file__, and says:
"Name of the place from which the module is loaded, e.g. “builtin” for built-in modules and the filename for modules loaded from source. Normally “origin” should be set, but it may be None (the default) which indicates it is unspecified."
I don't particularly like that its origin is "namespace". That's an odd special case that's unhelpful to test against (what if you import a non-namespace package from the directory "namespace"?)
What would break if __spec__.origin were (missing? or) None? |
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| 2017-12-13 15:48:41 | barry | set | recipients:
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| 2017-12-13 15:48:41 | barry | set | messageid: <1513180121.5.0.213398074469.issue32305@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
| 2017-12-13 15:48:41 | barry | link | issue32305 messages |
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