[Python-Dev] is sys.modules not meant to be replaced?

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Jul 25 08:26:09 CEST 2011


> I agree with what you are saying wholeheartedly, but still think there
> is something fishy with the way that sys.modules works.  I'll take it
> from here to a tracker issue though. :)

Well, there is a short answer to you question: sys.modules  is *not*
meant to be replaced. Doing so will result in undefined behavior.

So there is nothing fishy about it.

Regards,
Martin


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