New submission from Cory Nezin <cory.ne...@gmail.com>:
As demonstrated in this Stack Overflow question (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59377661/python-pkgutil-get-data-disrupts-future-imports) using `pkgutil.get_data` on a module causes future imports of children modules to fail. I tracked this down to a call to `importlib._bootstrap.load` here: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.8/Lib/pkgutil.py#L627 This seems to do something to sys.modules which I don't quite understand but I think it is caching the module when it shouldn't be. If I replace the linked line with `importlib.import_module(package))` it seems to work okay. ---------- components: Library (Lib) files: pkgutil_err.tar messages: 375149 nosy: cnezin priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: `pkgutil.get_data` causes future imports of children modules to fail. type: behavior versions: Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file49381/pkgutil_err.tar _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue41519> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
