From f6445e8f4179cbf8825a9d873800c44f9687e229 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:30:14 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Issue 11718: Teach IDLE's open module dialog to find
 packages.

---
 Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py | 11 +++++++++++
 Misc/NEWS                   |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index ffc4e88d9d4..3b7bb6df6f0 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ def _find_module(fullname, path=None):
             path = module.__path__
         except AttributeError:
             raise ImportError('No source for module ' + module.__name__)
+    if descr[2] != imp.PY_SOURCE:
+        # If all of the above fails and didn't raise an exception,fallback
+        # to a straight import which can find __init__.py in a package.
+        m = __import__(fullname)
+        try:
+            filename = m.__file__
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            file = None
+            descr = os.path.splitext(filename), None, imp.PY_SOURCE
     return file, filename, descr
 
 class EditorWindow(object):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af3ad9ac9a6..253f8543d09 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ Build
 - Issue #11268: Prevent Mac OS X Installer failure if Documentation
   package had previously been installed.
 
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #11718: IDLE's open module dialog couldn't find the __init__.py
+  file in a package.
+
 Tools/Demos
 -----------