[Python-Dev] 2.5b3, commit r46372 regressed PEP 302 machinery (sf not letting me post)

[Robin Bryce]

This has an sf number now #1537167, and hopefully a clearer
explanation of what I think the problem is. This is not a duplicate of
the earlier "PEP 302 Fix" thread.

Thanks,
Robin


On 07/08/06, Robin Bryce <robinbryce at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Appologies for the lack of an sf#. I tried to submit this there but
> couldn't. (sf is logging me out each time I visit a new page and it is
> refusing my attempt to post anonymously).
>
> Python 2.5b3 (trunk:51136M, Aug  7 2006, 10:48:15)
> [GCC 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)] on linux2
>
>
> The need for speed patch commited in revision r46372 included a change
> whose intent was to reduce the number of open calls. The `continue`
> statement at line 1283 in import.c:r51136 has the effect of skipping
> the builtin import machinery if the find_module method of a custom
> importer returns None.
>
> In Python 2.4.3, if find_module returned None the builtin machinery is
> allowed to process the path tail.
>
> In my particular case I am working on an importer that deals with kid
> templates that may or may not exist as .py[c] files.
>
> The short of it is that in Python 2.4.3 this produces a usable module
> ``__import__('foo.a/templateuri')`` wheras in 2.5b3 I get import
> error. The python 2.4.3 implementation *allows* module paths that are
> not seperated with '.' Python 2.5b3 does not allow this and it does
> not look like this was an intentional change. I believe this point
> about 'illeagal' module paths is actualy independent of the regresion
> I am asserting. Detailed session logs are attatched (following the sf
> guidance even though I'm posting to py-dev)
>
> The 'use case' for the importer is: Robin wants to package a default
> template file as normal python module and provide a custom importer
> that allows users of his package to reference both: there own
> templates and html files on the file system in arbitrary locations AND
> the stock templates provided as python modules under the same name
> space. He would like to leave normal imports to the standard
> machinery.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robin
>
>
>