[Python-Dev] cpython: Introduce importlib.util.ModuleManager which is a context manager to (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Wed May 29 02:14:41 CEST 2013

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

On Tue, 28 May 2013 23:29:46 +0200 (CEST) brett.cannon <python-checkins at python.org> wrote:

+.. class:: ModuleManager(name) + + A :term:context manager which provides the module to load. The module will + either come from :attr:sys.modules in the case of reloading or a fresh + module if loading a new module. Proper cleanup of :attr:sys.modules occurs + if the module was new and an exception was raised. What use case does this API solve?

See http://bugs.python.org/issue18088 for the other part of this story. I'm basically replacing what importlib.util.module_for_loader does after I realized there is no way in a subclass to override what/how attributes are set on a module before the code object is executed. Instead of using the decorator people will be able to use this context manager with a new method to get the same effect with the ability to better control attribute initialization.

(FWIW, I think "ModuleManager" is a rather bad name :-)

I'm open to suggestions, but the thing does manage the module so it at least makes sense.

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