Issue #15767: Revert 3a50025f1900 for ModuleNotFoundError

Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst

@@ -292,13 +292,6 @@ in various ways.  There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
-.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyObject *msg, PyObject *name, PyObject *path)
-
-   Much like :c:func:`PyErr_SetImportError` but this function allows for
-   specifying a subclass of :exc:`ImportError` to raise.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 3.4
-
 
 .. c:function:: void PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(char *filename, int lineno, int col_offset)
 

Doc/library/exceptions.rst

@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
    A subclass of :exc:`ImportError` which is raised by :keyword:`import` when a
    module could not be located. This includes ``from ... import`` statements as
    the specific attribute being requested cannot be known a priori to be a module
-   or some other type of object. It is also raised when ``None`` is found in
-   :data:`sys.modules`.
+   or some other type of object.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 

Doc/reference/import.rst

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ use the standard import system.
 
 When a module is first imported, Python searches for the module and if found,
 it creates a module object [#fnmo]_, initializing it.  If the named module
-cannot be found, an :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` is raised.  Python implements various
+cannot be found, an :exc:`ImportError` is raised.  Python implements various
 strategies to search for the named module when the import machinery is
 invoked.  These strategies can be modified and extended by using various hooks
 described in the sections below.
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ arguments to the :keyword:`import` statement, or from the parameters to the
 This name will be used in various phases of the import search, and it may be
 the dotted path to a submodule, e.g. ``foo.bar.baz``.  In this case, Python
 first tries to import ``foo``, then ``foo.bar``, and finally ``foo.bar.baz``.
-If any of the intermediate imports fail, an :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` is raised.
+If any of the intermediate imports fail, an :exc:`ImportError` is raised.
 
 
 The module cache
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ object.
 During import, the module name is looked up in :data:`sys.modules` and if
 present, the associated value is the module satisfying the import, and the
 process completes.  However, if the value is ``None``, then an
-:exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` is raised.  If the module name is missing, Python will
+:exc:`ImportError` is raised.  If the module name is missing, Python will
 continue searching for the module.
 
 :data:`sys.modules` is writable.  Deleting a key may not destroy the
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ associated module (as other modules may hold references to it),
 but it will invalidate the cache entry for the named module, causing
 Python to search anew for the named module upon its next
 import. The key can also be assigned to ``None``, forcing the next import
-of the module to result in an :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError`.
+of the module to result in an :exc:`ImportError`.
 
 Beware though, as if you keep a reference to the module object,
 invalidate its cache entry in :data:`sys.modules`, and then re-import the
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ handle the named module or not.
 If the meta path finder knows how to handle the named module, it returns a
 loader object.  If it cannot handle the named module, it returns ``None``.  If
 :data:`sys.meta_path` processing reaches the end of its list without returning
-a loader, then an :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` is raised.  Any other exceptions raised
+a loader, then an :exc:`ImportError` is raised.  Any other exceptions raised
 are simply propagated up, aborting the import process.
 
 The :meth:`find_module()` method of meta path finders is called with two
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ import statements within that module.
 
 To selectively prevent import of some modules from a hook early on the
 meta path (rather than disabling the standard import system entirely),
-it is sufficient to raise :exc:`ModuleNotFoundError` directly from
+it is sufficient to raise :exc:`ImportError` directly from
 :meth:`find_module` instead of returning ``None``. The latter indicates
 that the meta path search should continue. while raising an exception
 terminates it immediately.

Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst

@@ -312,7 +312,8 @@ that may require changes to your code.
   using ``hasattr(module, '__path__')``.
 
 * :c:func:`PyErr_SetImportError` now sets :exc:`TypeError` when its **msg**
-  argument is not set. Previously only ``NULL`` was returned.
+  argument is not set. Previously only ``NULL`` was returned with no exception
+  set.
 
 * :func:`py_compile.compile` now raises :exc:`FileExistsError` if the file path
   it would write to is a symlink or a non-regular file. This is to act as a

Include/pyerrors.h

@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErr(PyObject *, int);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcWithArgsKwargs(PyObject *, PyObject *,
     PyObject *);
-
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyObject *, PyObject *,
-    PyObject *, PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetImportError(PyObject *, PyObject *,
     PyObject *);
 

Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py

@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ def _gcd_import(name, package=None, level=0):
         _imp.release_lock()
         message = ("import of {} halted; "
                     "None in sys.modules".format(name))
-        raise ModuleNotFoundError(message, name=name)
+        raise ImportError(message, name=name)
     _lock_unlock_module(name)
     return module
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -539,10 +539,6 @@ Documentation
 C-API
 -----
 
-- Issue #15767: Added PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass().
-
-- PyErr_SetImportError() now sets TypeError when its msg argument is set.
-
 - Issue #9369: The types of `char*` arguments of PyObject_CallFunction() and
   PyObject_CallMethod() now changed to `const char*`.  Based on patches by
   Jörg Müller and Lars Buitinck.

Python/errors.c

@@ -619,25 +619,12 @@ PyObject *PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
 
 PyObject *
-PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyObject *exception, PyObject *msg,
-    PyObject *name, PyObject *path)
+PyErr_SetImportError(PyObject *msg, PyObject *name, PyObject *path)
 {
-    int issubclass;
     PyObject *args, *kwargs, *error;
 
-    issubclass = PyObject_IsSubclass(exception, PyExc_ImportError);
-    if (issubclass < 0) {
+    if (msg == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    }
-    else if (!issubclass) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a subclass of ImportError");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (msg == NULL) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a message argument");
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
     args = PyTuple_New(1);
     if (args == NULL)
@@ -662,7 +649,7 @@ PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyObject *exception, PyObject *msg,
     PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "name", name);
     PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "path", path);
 
-    error = PyObject_Call(exception, args, kwargs);
+    error = PyObject_Call(PyExc_ImportError, args, kwargs);
     if (error != NULL) {
         PyErr_SetObject((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(error), error);
         Py_DECREF(error);
@@ -674,12 +661,6 @@ PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyObject *exception, PyObject *msg,
     return NULL;
 }
 
-PyObject *
-PyErr_SetImportError(PyObject *msg, PyObject *name, PyObject *path)
-{
-    return PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyExc_ImportError, msg, name, path);
-}
-
 void
 _PyErr_BadInternalCall(const char *filename, int lineno)
 {

Python/import.c

@@ -1428,8 +1428,7 @@ PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject(PyObject *name, PyObject *given_globals,
         PyObject *msg = PyUnicode_FromFormat("import of %R halted; "
                                              "None in sys.modules", abs_name);
         if (msg != NULL) {
-            PyErr_SetImportErrorSubclass(PyExc_ModuleNotFoundError, msg,
-                    abs_name, NULL);
+            PyErr_SetImportError(msg, abs_name, NULL);
             Py_DECREF(msg);
         }
         mod = NULL;