New submission from Jim Li <ji...@bcgsc.ca>:
In Python 2, `__path__` used to be a list, so all of the operations available to list are available, e.g., `insert`; you can also do indexing; e.g., `__path__[0]`. However, I believe that starting from Python 3, it seems to be a <class '_frozen_importlib_external._NamespacePath'>, and a lot of operations that worked previously stopped working.It seems so abruptive and I can't find any deprecation notice on this. Previously, one is able to insert an additional path to the front of the list by doing module.__path__.insert(0, 'src/mypath') Now the only procedure allowed seems to be append. Is there any way to mimic the old behaviour? Sorry, this is my first question so maybe this issue doesn't deserve any more attention. If there is any documentation that talks about the change of type of the NamespacePath, please kindly lemme know. Sincerely, Related issues include https://bugs.python.org/issue35843 ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 346701 nosy: docs@python, jimli priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Documentation on the change of __path__ in Python 3 versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37422> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
