[issue14846] Change in error when sys.path contains a nonexistent folder (importlib)

[Thomas Kluyver]

New submission from Thomas Kluyver <takowl at gmail.com>:

I've come across a difference from 3.2 to 3.3 while running the IPython test suite. It occurs when a directory on sys.path has been used for an import, then deleted without being removed from sys.path. Previous versions of Python ignore the nonexistent folder, but in 3.3 a FileNotFound error appears.

This might be by design (errors should never pass silently), but I haven't found it mentioned in the What's New for 3.3.

$ cat import.py
import sys, os, shutil
os.mkdir('foo')
with open('foo/bar.py', 'w'):
    pass
sys.path.insert(0, 'foo/')
import bar   # Caches a FileFinder for foo/
shutil.rmtree('foo')
import random   # Comes later on sys.path

$ python3.2 import.py

$ python3.3 import.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "import.py", line 8, in <module>
    import random
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1162, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1124, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1078, in _find_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 927, in find_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 973, in find_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1005, in _fill_cache
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'foo/'

The last entry in that traceback is calling "_os.listdir(path)".

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 161025
nosy: takluyver
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Change in error when sys.path contains a nonexistent folder (importlib)
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3

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