Re: PEP 420 issue: extend_path

"Martin v. Löwis" <[email protected]> Mon, 07 May 2012 22:33:01 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.python.import
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> Why would it break existing finders? finder_module() would either return
> a loader, or a dedicated object (or None).

That wouldn't fix the issue at hand: callers of find_module that either 
expect None or a loader would still break when they get the dedicated
object.

> Returning a string is completely non-obvious to the caller (who may not
> know about namespace packages or their precise implementation in PEP
> 420).

For the issue at hand, it makes no difference whether it's a string or
a dedicated object.

Regards,
Martin