fix issue #203, we should not let ImportError propagate from the import checker

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2d2006a..e27c966 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ ChangeLog for Pylint
 
     * Don't emit 'unused-variable' when assigning to a nonlocal.
       Closes issue #275.
+   
+    * Do not let ImportError propagate from the import checker, leading to crash
+      in some namespace package related cases. Closes issue #203.
+
 
 2014-04-30  --  1.2.1
     * Restore the ability to specify the init-hook option via the
diff --git a/checkers/imports.py b/checkers/imports.py
index 46ed8ac..7194134 100644
--- a/checkers/imports.py
+++ b/checkers/imports.py
@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled)'}
 
     def _add_imported_module(self, node, importedmodname):
         """notify an imported module, used to analyze dependencies"""
-        importedmodname = get_module_part(importedmodname)
+        try:
+            importedmodname = get_module_part(importedmodname)
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
         context_name = node.root().name
         if context_name == importedmodname:
             # module importing itself !