gh-65961: Raise `DeprecationWarning` when `__package__` differs from `__spec__.parent` (#97879)

Also remove `importlib.util.set_package()` which was already slated for removal.

Co-authored-by: Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>

Doc/library/importlib.rst

@@ -1378,15 +1378,6 @@ an :term:`importer`.
    .. deprecated:: 3.4
       The import machinery takes care of this automatically.
 
-.. decorator:: set_package
-
-   A :term:`decorator` for :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.load_module` to set the
-   :attr:`__package__` attribute on the returned module. If :attr:`__package__`
-   is set and has a value other than ``None`` it will not be changed.
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.4
-      The import machinery takes care of this automatically.
-
 .. function:: spec_from_loader(name, loader, *, origin=None, is_package=None)
 
    A factory function for creating a :class:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec`

Doc/reference/import.rst

@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ of what happens during the loading portion of import::
         sys.modules[spec.name] = module
     elif not hasattr(spec.loader, 'exec_module'):
         module = spec.loader.load_module(spec.name)
-        # Set __loader__ and __package__ if missing.
     else:
         sys.modules[spec.name] = module
         try:
@@ -539,6 +538,10 @@ The import machinery fills in these attributes on each module object
 during loading, based on the module's spec, before the loader executes
 the module.
 
+It is **strongly** recommended that you rely on :attr:`__spec__` and
+its attributes instead of any of the other individual attributes
+listed below.
+
 .. attribute:: __name__
 
    The ``__name__`` attribute must be set to the fully qualified name of
@@ -552,9 +555,12 @@ the module.
    for introspection, but can be used for additional loader-specific
    functionality, for example getting data associated with a loader.
 
+   It is **strongly** recommended that you rely on :attr:`__spec__`
+   instead instead of this attribute.
+
 .. attribute:: __package__
 
-   The module's ``__package__`` attribute must be set.  Its value must
+   The module's ``__package__`` attribute may be set.  Its value must
    be a string, but it can be the same value as its ``__name__``.  When
    the module is a package, its ``__package__`` value should be set to
    its ``__name__``.  When the module is not a package, ``__package__``
@@ -562,14 +568,23 @@ the module.
    submodules, to the parent package's name.  See :pep:`366` for further
    details.
 
-   This attribute is used instead of ``__name__`` to calculate explicit
+   It is **strongly** recommended that you rely on :attr:`__spec__`
-   relative imports for main modules, as defined in :pep:`366`. It is
+   instead instead of this attribute.
-   expected to have the same value as ``__spec__.parent``.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       The value of ``__package__`` is expected to be the same as
       ``__spec__.parent``.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+      :exc:`ImportWarning` is raised if import falls back to
+      ``__package__`` instead of
+      :attr:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec.parent`.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.12
+      Raise :exc:`DeprecationWarning` instead of :exc:`ImportWarning`
+      when falling back to ``__package__``.
+
+
 .. attribute:: __spec__
 
    The ``__spec__`` attribute must be set to the module spec that was
@@ -578,7 +593,7 @@ the module.
    interpreter startup <programs>`.  The one exception is ``__main__``,
    where ``__spec__`` is :ref:`set to None in some cases <main_spec>`.
 
-   When ``__package__`` is not defined, ``__spec__.parent`` is used as
+   When ``__spec__.parent`` is not set, ``__package__`` is used as
    a fallback.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
@@ -623,6 +638,9 @@ the module.
    if a loader can load from a cached module but otherwise does not load
    from a file, that atypical scenario may be appropriate.
 
+   It is **strongly** recommended that you rely on :attr:`__spec__`
+   instead instead of ``__cached__``.
+
 .. _package-path-rules:
 
 module.__path__

Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ Deprecated
   may be removed in a future version of Python. Use the single-arg versions
   of these functions instead. (Contributed by Ofey Chan in :gh:`89874`.)
 
+* :exc:`DeprecationWarning` is now raised when ``__package__`` on a
+  module differs from ``__spec__.parent`` (previously it was
+  :exc:`ImportWarning`).
+  (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :gh:`65961`.)
+
 
 Pending Removal in Python 3.13
 ------------------------------
@@ -275,6 +280,9 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.14
 * Creating :c:data:`immutable types <Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE>` with mutable
   bases using the C API.
 
+* ``__package__`` will cease to be set or taken into consideration by
+  the import system (:gh:`97879`).
+
 
 Pending Removal in Future Versions
 ----------------------------------
@@ -432,6 +440,10 @@ Removed
   * References to, and support for ``module_repr()`` has been eradicated.
 
 
+* ``importlib.util.set_package`` has been removed.
+  (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :gh:`65961`.)
+
+
 Porting to Python 3.12
 ======================
 

Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py

@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ def _calc___package__(globals):
         if spec is not None and package != spec.parent:
             _warnings.warn("__package__ != __spec__.parent "
                            f"({package!r} != {spec.parent!r})",
-                           ImportWarning, stacklevel=3)
+                           DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=3)
         return package
     elif spec is not None:
         return spec.parent

Lib/importlib/util.py

@@ -141,26 +141,6 @@ def _module_to_load(name):
         module.__initializing__ = False
 
 
-def set_package(fxn):
-    """Set __package__ on the returned module.
-
-    This function is deprecated.
-
-    """
-    @functools.wraps(fxn)
-    def set_package_wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-        warnings.warn('The import system now takes care of this automatically; '
-                      'this decorator is slated for removal in Python 3.12',
-                      DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
-        module = fxn(*args, **kwargs)
-        if getattr(module, '__package__', None) is None:
-            module.__package__ = module.__name__
-            if not hasattr(module, '__path__'):
-                module.__package__ = module.__package__.rpartition('.')[0]
-        return module
-    return set_package_wrapper
-
-
 def set_loader(fxn):
     """Set __loader__ on the returned module.
 

Lib/test/test_importlib/import_/test___package__.py

@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ class Using__package__:
         self.assertEqual(module.__name__, 'pkg')
 
     def test_warn_when_package_and_spec_disagree(self):
-        # Raise an ImportWarning if __package__ != __spec__.parent.
+        # Raise a DeprecationWarning if __package__ != __spec__.parent.
-        with self.assertWarns(ImportWarning):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
             self.import_module({'__package__': 'pkg.fake',
                                 '__spec__': FakeSpec('pkg.fakefake')})
 

Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py

@@ -252,69 +252,6 @@ class ModuleForLoaderTests:
  ) = util.test_both(ModuleForLoaderTests, util=importlib_util)
 
 
-class SetPackageTests:
-
-    """Tests for importlib.util.set_package."""
-
-    def verify(self, module, expect):
-        """Verify the module has the expected value for __package__ after
-        passing through set_package."""
-        fxn = lambda: module
-        wrapped = self.util.set_package(fxn)
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
-            wrapped()
-        self.assertTrue(hasattr(module, '__package__'))
-        self.assertEqual(expect, module.__package__)
-
-    def test_top_level(self):
-        # __package__ should be set to the empty string if a top-level module.
-        # Implicitly tests when package is set to None.
-        module = types.ModuleType('module')
-        module.__package__ = None
-        self.verify(module, '')
-
-    def test_package(self):
-        # Test setting __package__ for a package.
-        module = types.ModuleType('pkg')
-        module.__path__ = ['<path>']
-        module.__package__ = None
-        self.verify(module, 'pkg')
-
-    def test_submodule(self):
-        # Test __package__ for a module in a package.
-        module = types.ModuleType('pkg.mod')
-        module.__package__ = None
-        self.verify(module, 'pkg')
-
-    def test_setting_if_missing(self):
-        # __package__ should be set if it is missing.
-        module = types.ModuleType('mod')
-        if hasattr(module, '__package__'):
-            delattr(module, '__package__')
-        self.verify(module, '')
-
-    def test_leaving_alone(self):
-        # If __package__ is set and not None then leave it alone.
-        for value in (True, False):
-            module = types.ModuleType('mod')
-            module.__package__ = value
-            self.verify(module, value)
-
-    def test_decorator_attrs(self):
-        def fxn(module): pass
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter('ignore', DeprecationWarning)
-            wrapped = self.util.set_package(fxn)
-        self.assertEqual(wrapped.__name__, fxn.__name__)
-        self.assertEqual(wrapped.__qualname__, fxn.__qualname__)
-
-
-(Frozen_SetPackageTests,
- Source_SetPackageTests
- ) = util.test_both(SetPackageTests, util=importlib_util)
-
-
 class SetLoaderTests:
 
     """Tests importlib.util.set_loader()."""

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-10-05-00-37-27.gh-issue-65961.z0Ys0y.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+When ``__package__`` is different than ``__spec__.parent``, raise a
+``DeprecationWarning`` instead of ``ImportWarning``.
+
+Also remove ``importlib.util.set_package()`` which was scheduled for
+removal.

Python/import.c

@@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ resolve_name(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *name, PyObject *globals, int level
                 goto error;
             }
             else if (equal == 0) {
-                if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_ImportWarning,
+                if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
                         "__package__ != __spec__.parent", 1) < 0) {
                     goto error;
                 }