[pypy-issue] [issue1259] module __file__ attribute shows wrong path

[bdk]

bdk <bdkearns at gmail.com> added the comment:

$ ./pypy/goal/pypy-c 
Python 2.7.3 (8556098ab5f0, Feb 10 2013, 04:31:21)
[PyPy 2.0.0-beta1 with GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
And now for something completely different: ``why did you guys have to make the
builtin fortune more interesting than actual work? i just catched myself
restarting pypy 20 times''
>>>> import sys; sys.__file__
'/home/pypy/module/sys'
>>>> import cPickle; cPickle.__file__
'/home/ubuntu/pypy/lib_pypy/cPickle.pyc'
>>>> import os; os.__file__
'/home/ubuntu/pypy/lib-python/2.7/os.pyc'
>>>> import time; time.__file__
'../../pypy/module/rctime'
>>>> 

these are both inconsistent and not correct. can they be fixed to give sane 
answers? docs seem to imply they should behave like this:

http://pypy.readthedocs.org/en/latest/coding-guide.html#determining-the-
location-of-a-module-implementation

>>>> import sys
>>>> sys.__file__
'/home/hpk/pypy-dist/pypy/module/sys'

>>>> import cPickle
>>>> cPickle.__file__
'/home/hpk/pypy-dist/lib_pypy/cPickle..py'

>>>> import os
>>>> os.__file__
'/home/hpk/pypy-dist/lib-python/2.7/os.py'
>>>>

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release:  -> 2.0

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