Currently, when regrtest fails to load a test submodule, no exception is raised, no error is logged.

I propose to at least log all loader errors: see attached regrtest.patch.

For an example, try to apply the attached test_asyncio_bug.patch and run:
./python -m test -m test_not_implemented test_asyncio

The current output is:
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[1/1] test_asyncio
1 test OK.
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The output with regrtest.patch:
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haypo@selma$ ./python -m test -m test_not_implemented test_asyncio
[1/1] test_asyncio
Failed to import test module: test.test_asyncio.test_base_events
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/loader.py", line 417, in _find_test_path
    module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/unittest/loader.py", line 358, in _get_module_from_name
    __import__(name)
  File "/home/haypo/prog/python/default/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_base_events.py", line 29
    class BaseEventLoopTests(test_utils.TestCase)
                                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

1 test OK.
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Or should we raise an exception instead?

loader.errors only exists in 3.5.

New changeset 1bb3df5bb83f by Victor Stinner in branch 'default':
Issue #23145: regrtest now shows errors and raises an exception if
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1bb3df5bb83f

I chose to show errors and then raise an exception.