New submission from Ralf Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The following short program work in python 2.5, but does die with a SystemError in python2.6:
~/ cat t.py #! /usr/bin/env python res = dict(__package__='foo') exec "from os import path" in res ~/ python2.5 t.py ~/ python2.6 t.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "t.py", line 4, in <module> exec "from os import path" in res File "<string>", line 1, in <module> SystemError: Parent module 'foo' not loaded I think this has been introduced with svn revision 42649 (http://hgpy.de/py/trunk/rev/54c72e1678d68ebbf274) Part of the diff reads: modules = PyImport_GetModuleDict(); parent = PyDict_GetItemString(modules, buf); if (parent == NULL) - parent = Py_None; + PyErr_Format(PyExc_SystemError, + "Parent module '%.200s' not loaded", buf); return parent; /* We expect, but can't guarantee, if parent != None, that: ---------- messages: 68850 nosy: schmir severity: normal status: open title: SystemError: Parent module 'foo' not loaded on import statement type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3221> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com