Prepending `None` to sys.path breaks `importlib.metadata.version`
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, None)
from importlib.metadata import version
print(version("requests"))
Results in
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 889, in version
return distribution(distribution_name).version
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 862, in distribution
return Distribution.from_name(distribution_name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 397, in from_name
return next(cls.discover(name=name))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 795, in <genexpr>
path.search(prepared) for path in map(FastPath, paths)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 693, in search
return self.lookup(self.mtime).search(name)
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 698, in mtime
return os.stat(self.root).st_mtime
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: stat: path should be string, bytes, os.PathLike or integer, not NoneType
The documentation for sys.path is not clear on what should happen with non-strings in the list.
CPython versions tested on:
3.12
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the example, then read importlib.metadata around Distribution.from_name, FastPath.search, and FastPath.mtime as identified in the traceback. Check the sys.path documentation and related tests to determine the intended handling of non-string entries; done means the behavior is explicitly defined and covered by a regression test.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100