`site.absfile` fails for modules where `file` cannot be modified

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#75,979 opened on Oct 16, 2017 3 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 3/5
Estimated time: 1-2 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

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

Research direction

Start by locating the site.abs__file__ entry point named in the issue and inspect how it handles modules whose file cannot be modified. The issue is marked “test needed”; done means the failure is corrected and covered by a regression test.

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Description

3.7 (EOL) stdlib type-bug

BPO	31798
Nosy	@terryjreedy, @ericvsmith

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-10-16.10:55:47.808>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = '`site.abs__file__` fails for modules where `__file__` cannot be modified'
updated_at = <Date 2017-10-20.18:41:48.517>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/AlexanderMcFarlane'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2017-10-20.18:41:48.517>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2017-10-16.10:55:47.808>
creator = 'Alexander McFarlane'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 31798
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['304466', '304550', '304669', '304670']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'eric.smith', 'Alexander McFarlane']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue31798'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

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