[3.10] bpo-45703: Invalidate _NamespacePath cache on importlib.invalidate_cache (GH-29384) (GH-30922)

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Consider the following directory structure:

    .
    └── PATH1
        └── namespace
            └── sub1
                └── __init__.py

And both PATH1 and PATH2 in sys path:

    $ PYTHONPATH=PATH1:PATH2 python3.11
    >>> import namespace
    >>> import namespace.sub1
    >>> namespace.__path__
    _NamespacePath(['.../PATH1/namespace'])
    >>> ...

While this interpreter still runs, PATH2/namespace/sub2 is created:

    .
    ├── PATH1
    │   └── namespace
    │       └── sub1
    │           └── __init__.py
    └── PATH2
        └── namespace
            └── sub2
                └── __init__.py

The newly created module cannot be imported:

    >>> ...
    >>> namespace.__path__
    _NamespacePath(['.../PATH1/namespace'])
    >>> import namespace.sub2
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'namespace.sub2'

Calling importlib.invalidate_caches() now newly allows to import it:

    >>> import importlib
    >>> importlib.invalidate_caches()
    >>> namespace.__path__
    _NamespacePath(['.../PATH1/namespace'])
    >>> import namespace.sub2
    >>> namespace.__path__
    _NamespacePath(['.../PATH1/namespace', '.../PATH2/namespace'])

This was not previously possible.

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Petr Viktorin 2022-01-27 15:00:23 +01:00 • committed by GitHub

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