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authorEric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>2014-05-12 17:54:55 -0600
committerEric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>2014-05-12 17:54:55 -0600
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Issue #21226: Set all attrs in PyImport_ExecCodeModuleObject.
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@@ -132,8 +132,14 @@ Importing Modules
such modules have no way to know that the module object is an unknown (and
probably damaged with respect to the module author's intents) state.
+ The module's :attr:`__spec__` and :attr:`__loader__` will be set, if
+ not set already, with the appropriate values. The spec's loader will
+ be set to the module's ``__loader__`` (if set) and to an instance of
+ :class:`SourceFileLoader` otherwise.
+
The module's :attr:`__file__` attribute will be set to the code object's
- :c:member:`co_filename`.
+ :c:member:`co_filename`. If applicable, :attr:`__cached__` will also
+ be set.
This function will reload the module if it was already imported. See
:c:func:`PyImport_ReloadModule` for the intended way to reload a module.