runpy.run_path() fails with frozen main modules

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#65,936 opened on Jun 12, 2014 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: compilers

Research direction

Start by reading the attached FrozenImporter-without-main-support.patch and investigating the runpy.run_path() failure with frozen main modules in the CPython interpreter core. Reproduce the reported behavior and determine what test coverage is needed; done means runpy.run_path() works correctly for the affected frozen-module case.

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interpreter-core

BPO	21737
Nosy	@malemburg, @ncoghlan, @ericsnowcurrently, @iritkatriel
Files	FrozenImporter-without-main-support.patch: Patch implementing this idea for Python 3.4.1

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2014-06-12.16:24:20.051>
labels = ['interpreter-core']
title = 'runpy.run_path() fails with frozen __main__ modules'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-12.00:21:42.270>
user = 'https://github.com/malemburg'

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creation = <Date 2014-06-12.16:24:20.051>
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issue_num = 21737
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
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status = 'pending'
superseder = None
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue21737'
versions = ['Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']

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