Message144531
It's undocumented that imp.find_module("") and imp.find_module(".") try to find __init__.py.
There is also a small difference in behavior between them.
sys.path by default contains "" as the first element, which is sufficient for imp.find_module("."), but not for imp.find_module(""):
$ mkdir /tmp/imp_tests
$ cd /tmp/imp_tests
$ touch __init__.py
$ python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; print(repr(sys.path[0])); print(imp.find_module("."))'
''
(None, '.', ('', '', 5))
$ python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; print(repr(sys.path[0])); print(imp.find_module(""))'
''
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named ''
If sys.path contains path (e.g. "." or absolute path) to directory with __init__.py file, then imp.find_module("") will succeed:
$ PYTHONPATH="." python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; print(repr(sys.path[0:2])); print(imp.find_module("."))'
['', '/tmp/imp_tests']
(None, '.', ('', '', 5))
$ PYTHONPATH="." python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; print(repr(sys.path[0:2])); print(imp.find_module(""))'
['', '/tmp/imp_tests']
(None, '/tmp/imp_tests/', ('', '', 5))
$ python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; sys.path.insert(1, "."); print(repr(sys.path[0:2])); print(imp.find_module("."))'
['', '.']
(None, '.', ('', '', 5))
$ python3.3 -c 'import imp, sys; sys.path.insert(1, "."); print(repr(sys.path[0:2])); print(imp.find_module(""))'
['', '.']
(None, './', ('', '', 5))
I think that imp.find_module(".") and imp.find_module("") should have the same behavior, and this behavior should be documented. |
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2011-09-25 20:49:58 | Arfrever | set | recipients:
+ Arfrever, docs@python |
2011-09-25 20:49:58 | Arfrever | set | messageid: <1316983798.48.0.694425302693.issue13047@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2011-09-25 20:49:57 | Arfrever | link | issue13047 messages |
2011-09-25 20:49:57 | Arfrever | create | |
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