The documentation[1] doesn't say, but the implementation of the imp module makes me wonder if sys.modules was not meant to be replaceable. No doubt this has to do with its tie to the interpreter's modules dict. I ran into this doing "sys.modules = sys.modules.copy()" to protect the actual sys.modules dict during some import related test cases. If the modules I imported were extension modules it broke.
So, is sys.modules not meant to be open to re-binding? -eric p.s. I tried opening a tracker ticket on this, but it wouldn't go through. I'll try again later. [1] http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html#sys.modules _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
