Message 404513 - Python tracker

Message404513

Author	eric.snow
Recipients	FFY00, barry, brett.cannon, eric.smith, eric.snow, fwahhab, ronaldoussoren
Date	2021-10-20.18:41:54
SpamBayes Score	-1.0
Marked as misclassified	Yes
Message-id	<CALFfu7DEU3pS2PZ7UnDHX8jix4U0=O97q25v=-EFOXf2J3f2UA@mail.gmail.com>
In-reply-to	<1546929666.71.0.476675486712.issue35673@roundup.psfhosted.org>

Content
On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:41 PM Eric V. Smith <report@bugs.python.org> wrote: > Namespace packages (PEP 420) predate ModuleSpec (PEP 451). So, I think this probably happened when 451 was implemented. Maybe Eric Snow recalls? PEP 451 talks about this a little (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0451/#namespace-packages): """ Currently a path entry finder may return (None, portions) from find_loader() to indicate it found part of a possible namespace package. To achieve the same effect, find_spec() must return a spec with "loader" set to None (a.k.a. not set) and with submodule_search_locations set to the same portions as would have been provided by find_loader(). It's up to PathFinder how to handle such specs. """

Content

On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:41 PM Eric V. Smith <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> Namespace packages (PEP 420) predate ModuleSpec (PEP 451). So, I think this probably happened when 451 was implemented. Maybe Eric Snow recalls?

PEP 451 talks about this a little
(https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0451/#namespace-packages):

"""
Currently a path entry finder may return (None, portions) from
find_loader() to indicate it found part
of a possible namespace package. To achieve the same effect,
find_spec() must return a spec with
"loader" set to None (a.k.a. not set) and with
submodule_search_locations set to the same portions
as would have been provided by find_loader(). It's up to PathFinder
how to handle such specs.
"""

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2021-10-20 18:41:54	eric.snow	set	recipients: + eric.snow, barry, brett.cannon, ronaldoussoren, eric.smith, FFY00, fwahhab
2021-10-20 18:41:54	eric.snow	link	issue35673 messages
2021-10-20 18:41:54	eric.snow	create