Message 333141 - Python tracker

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Author	ronaldoussoren
Recipients	barry, brett.cannon, ronaldoussoren
Date	2019-01-07.08:16:40
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@barry: I agree on both. Do you know why the namespace package loader lies about the source and code? Both .get_source() and .get_code() return a value that isn't None. And likewise: Why is the namespace package loader a private class, other loaders are exposed in importlib.machinery? This makes it hard to detect PEP420 style namespace packages without relying on private APIs, esp. combined with the behaviour of .get_source() and .get_code().

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@barry: I agree on both.

Do you know why the namespace package loader lies about the source and code? Both .get_source() and .get_code() return a value that isn't None.

And likewise: Why is the namespace package loader a private class, other loaders are exposed in importlib.machinery?  This makes it hard to detect PEP420 style namespace packages without relying on private APIs, esp. combined with the behaviour of .get_source() and .get_code().

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