Suggestion: Ignore sys.modules entries with no spec attribute in find_spec

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#80,020 opened on Jan 28, 2019 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 35/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: backend

Research direction

Start at Python's find_spec entry point and trace how entries in sys.modules are handled when they lack spec. Review the existing import-related behavior and tests, then verify that such entries are ignored without changing other module-resolution cases.

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Description

stdlib topic-importlib type-feature

BPO	35839
Nosy	@warsaw, @brettcannon, @ronaldoussoren, @ncoghlan, @ericsnowcurrently

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assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2019-01-28.06:54:14.206>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Suggestion: Ignore sys.modules entries with no __spec__ attribute in find_spec'
updated_at = <Date 2019-02-02.01:13:43.446>
user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'

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priority = 'normal'
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status = 'open'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35839'
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