[issue35673] Loader for namespace packages

[Ronald Oussoren]

Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> added the comment:

@barry: I agree on both.

Do you know why the namespace package loader lies about the source and code? Both .get_source() and .get_code() return a value that isn't None.

And likewise: Why is the namespace package loader a private class, other loaders are exposed in importlib.machinery?  This makes it hard to detect PEP420 style namespace packages without relying on private APIs, esp. combined with the behaviour of .get_source() and .get_code().

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