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Title: Use 'is not None' where appropriate in importlib
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 3.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: brett.cannon Nosy List: brett.cannon, daniel.urban, eric.araujo, eric.snow, ncoghlan, petri.lehtinen, python-dev
Priority: low Keywords: easy

Created on 2011-07-20 23:34 by ncoghlan, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg140770 - (view) Author: Nick Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-07-20 23:34
Problems noted by PJE on import-sig:
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For example, PathFinder's find_module treats an empty path the same as sys.path, and will also fail if for some reason the bool() of a PEP 302 finder or loader object is False.  Also, module_for_loader() will create a new module object, if you have a False module subclass in sys.modules.

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These distinctions could be more problematic than they appear, as it's possible to inadvertently make your loader or your module subclass capable of being False (for example, if you subclassed a sequence type or implemented a __len__), and this could lead to some very subtle bugs, albeit very rare ones as well.  ;-)
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The import test cases should include some examples of such pathological objects, with importlib then updated appropriately.
msg158584 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2012-04-18 01:42
New changeset c1399cf7bd6a by Brett Cannon in branch 'default':
Issue #12599: Be more strict in accepting None vs. a false-like object
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c1399cf7bd6a
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:19adminsetgithub: 56808
2012-04-18 01:43:15brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: test needed -> resolved
2012-04-18 01:42:16python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg158584
2012-04-18 00:16:29eric.snowsetnosy: + eric.snow
2012-04-17 23:20:08brett.cannonsetkeywords: + easy
priority: normal -> low
components: + Library (Lib)
versions: - Python 3.2
2011-07-22 21:18:36eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo
2011-07-22 17:55:37petri.lehtinensetnosy: + petri.lehtinen
2011-07-22 17:33:16daniel.urbansetnosy: + daniel.urban
2011-07-20 23:34:26ncoghlancreate