inspect: Fix getsource() to load updated source of reloaded module

Issue #1218234. Initial patch by Berker Peksag.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 83044b49c9..b789d66b5b 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -653,11 +653,17 @@ def findsource(object):
     in the file and the line number indexes a line in that list.  An OSError
     is raised if the source code cannot be retrieved."""
 
-    file = getfile(object)
-    sourcefile = getsourcefile(object)
-    if not sourcefile and file[:1] + file[-1:] != '<>':
-        raise OSError('source code not available')
-    file = sourcefile if sourcefile else file
+    file = getsourcefile(object)
+    if file:
+        # Invalidate cache if needed.
+        linecache.checkcache(file)
+    else:
+        file = getfile(object)
+        # Allow filenames in form of "<something>" to pass through.
+        # `doctest` monkeypatches `linecache` module to enable
+        # inspection, so let `linecache.getlines` to be called.
+        if not (file.startswith('<') and file.endswith('>')):
+            raise OSError('source code not available')
 
     module = getmodule(object, file)
     if module: