New submission from Eric Snow:

In the documentation for the inspect module, the module type is described with just 2 of its potential 7 attributes. The language reference[2] and importlib docs[3] both provide an accurate list of module attributes.

Furthermore, the description for __file__ should be fixed. It should be clear that __file__ reflects the location from which the module was loaded, that location is not necessarily a filename, and the attribute may not exist if the module was not loaded from a specific location (e.g. builtin and frozen modules). The same goes for __cached__

[1] https://docs.python.org/dev/library/inspect.html#types-and-members [2] https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#import-related-module-attrib... [3] https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.machinery.ModuleS...

---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 220576 nosy: docs@python, eric.snow priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: open title: inspect documentation describes module type inaccurately versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5

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