> That will mean that there will be no (easy?) way to determine after the > import whether the module was imported from a source file or a compiled > file. I've suggested that the original justification for the patch no > longer applies, and that the secondary purpose of the patch is better > solved by leaving __file__ as it is in Python 2.x, and introducing a new > attribute __source__. > > What do people think? There seems to be a little interest on the python- > dev list from a couple of people, but not enough to actually lead to any > action. Does anyone care what m.__file__ is? Does anyone else feel that > this issue is worth pursuing?
I'm +1 on this. Introducing __source__ shouldn't break anything, and is a minor change as the mapping of loaded file to defining file is already done. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
