Import of submodule shadowing parent module attribute fails under lazy_imports mode
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Description
Bug report
Bug description:
For this module structure:
└─ a/
├─ __init__.py # Contains a function foo()
└─ foo.py
This script passes on 3.14...
from a import foo
import a.foo
import types
assert isinstance(a.foo, types.ModuleType), type(a.foo)
And fails on 3.15 with lazy imports (python3.15 -X lazy_imports=all script.py):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/jwalls/script.py", line 4, in <module>
assert isinstance(a.foo, types.ModuleType), type(a.foo)
~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AssertionError: <class 'function'>
CPython versions tested on:
3.15
Operating systems tested on:
macOS
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Research direction
Start by running the provided module-layout script with Python 3.15 and -X lazy_imports=all, then inspect the lazy-import handling involved in resolving a submodule that shadows a parent attribute. Done means the assertion sees a ModuleType for a.foo, matching the behavior on Python 3.14.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
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