Re: [Python-Dev] cpython: Introduce importlib.util.ModuleManager which is a context manager to

On Tue, 28 May 2013 23:29:46 +0200 (CEST) brett.cannon <python-checkins@python.org> wrote:

+.. class:: ModuleManager(name) + + A :term:`context manager` which provides the module to load. The module will + either come from :attr:`sys.modules` in the case of reloading or a fresh + module if loading a new module. Proper cleanup of :attr:`sys.modules` occurs + if the module was new and an exception was raised.

What use case does this API solve? (FWIW, I think "ModuleManager" is a rather bad name :-)) Regards Antoine.