[Python-Dev] linecache problem

[Thomas Heller]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

> On 9/30/05, Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> wrote:
>> On several occasions I have seen tracebacks in my code pointing to PIL's
>> __init__.py file. That is strange, because I have installed PIL but it
>> is used nowhere.
>>
>> Finally I traced it down to a problem in the linecache code, which tries
>> to be smart in up updatecache function.  When os.stat() on the filename
>> fails with os.error, it walks along sys.path and returns the first file
>> with a matching basename. This *may* make sense for toplevel modules,
>> but never for modules in packages.

>> The bug is present in 2.3, 2.4, and current CVS.
>
> Probably my fault (I wrote linecache, 13 years ago (before Python had
> packages!).
>
> But looking at the code I don't understand why this is; there's no
> code to descend into subdirectories of directories found on sys.path.
>
> I wonder if the problem isn't on PIL's end, which puts the PIL
> directory on sys.path?

It seems PIL cannot decide if it wants to be a package or not, but
better would be to ask the author.  /F, ?

It installs a PIL.pth file in lib/site-packages, which contains 'PIL'
only - that's where the sys.path entry comes from.  OTOH, the
lib/site-packages/PIL directory contains an __init__.py file.  PIL.pth
is the only .pth file that I have where the directory contains an
__init__.py file.

> Anyway, don't hesitate to suggest a patch on sourceforge -- python-dev
> really isn't the forum for further discussion of this issue.

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1309567&group_id=5470&atid=105470

Thomas