[Python-Dev] how to find the file path to an extension module at init time? (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Nov 14 12:10:49 CET 2011

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:

Certainly. An approach similar to PyPackageContext should be possible. Yes, and a "PyModuleImportContext" would be rather trivial to do. Could that go into 3.3? What about 2.7? Could an exception be made there regarding new "features"? It's not likely to break anything, but it would help Cython.

Hmm, interesting call - fixing this doesn't actually require a new public API, since it's just a new data attribute protected by the import lock that is used to pass state information from importdl.c to moduleobject.c. I'm inclined to say "no" myself, but it's a close run thing.

So +1 for fixing it in 3.3, and -0 for calling it a bug rather than a missing feature and also fixing it in 2.7

Cheers, Nick.

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