2.3a1: importhooks oddity

[Hans Nowak]

Howdy y'all,

I downloaded both the Windows installer and the source code for Python 2.3a1. 
While playing with the new import hooks, I noticed something peculiar. Consider 
this piece of code:

import sys

print sys.version

def f(path):
     print "Wahey!", path
     raise ImportError

sys.path_hooks.append(f)

import nothing  # needless to say, doesn't exist

I built my own version with Cygwin, using a simple configure & make install, 
nothing fancy. When I run the code, I get the following output:

$ python test-importhooks-2.py
2.3a1 (#1, Jan  1 2003, 21:44:23)
[GCC 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special)]
Wahey!
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "test-importhooks-2.py", line 13, in ?
     import nothing  # needless to say, doesn't exist
ImportError: No module named nothing

This is what I expected. However, when I run this with the Windows version, I 
get this output:

(P:\test\2.3) $ python test-importhooks-2.py
2.3a1 (#38, Dec 31 2002, 17:53:59) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)]
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "test-importhooks-2.py", line 13, in ?
     import nothing  # needless to say, doesn't exist
ImportError: No module named nothing

In other words, function f doesn't seem to be called.

Is this a bug, a feature, or am I doing something wrong?

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