On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Georg Brandl wrote:
is the presence of None values in sys.modules considered an implementation detail? If not, it should be documented what the None values mean to the
interpreter.


As I recall, they're an optimization. But since sys.modules is itself documented, and many applications actually use it, I think it's worth explaining that the None values can reasonably be expected, and what they indicate.


  -Fred

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Fred Drake   <fdrake at acm.org>

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