"""Test that sys.modules is used properly by import.""" from .. import util from . import util as import_util import sys from types import MethodType import unittest class UseCache(unittest.TestCase): """When it comes to sys.modules, import prefers it over anything else. Once a name has been resolved, sys.modules is checked to see if it contains the module desired. If so, then it is returned [use cache]. If it is not found, then the proper steps are taken to perform the import, but sys.modules is still used to return the imported module (e.g., not what a loader returns) [from cache on return]. This also applies to imports of things contained within a package and thus get assigned as an attribute [from cache to attribute] or pulled in thanks to a fromlist import [from cache for fromlist]. """ def test_using_cache(self): # [use cache] module_to_use = "some module found!" sys.modules['some_module'] = module_to_use module = import_util.import_('some_module') self.assertEqual(id(module_to_use), id(module)) def create_mock(self, *names, return_=None): mock = util.mock_modules(*names) original_load = mock.load_module def load_module(self, fullname): original_load(fullname) return return_ mock.load_module = MethodType(load_module, mock) return mock # __import__ inconsistent between loaders and built-in import when it comes # to when to use the module in sys.modules and when not to. @import_util.importlib_only def test_using_cache_after_loader(self): # [from cache on return] with self.create_mock('module') as mock: with util.import_state(meta_path=[mock]): module = import_util.import_('module') self.assertEquals(id(module), id(sys.modules['module'])) # See test_using_cache_after_loader() for reasoning. @import_util.importlib_only def test_using_cache_for_assigning_to_attribute(self): # [from cache to attribute] with self.create_mock('pkg.__init__', 'pkg.module') as importer: with util.import_state(meta_path=[importer]): module = import_util.import_('pkg.module') self.assert_(hasattr(module, 'module')) self.assert_(id(module.module), id(sys.modules['pkg.module'])) # See test_using_cache_after_loader() for reasoning. @import_util.importlib_only def test_using_cache_for_fromlist(self): # [from cache for fromlist] with self.create_mock('pkg.__init__', 'pkg.module') as importer: with util.import_state(meta_path=[importer]): module = import_util.import_('pkg', fromlist=['module']) self.assert_(hasattr(module, 'module')) self.assertEquals(id(module.module), id(sys.modules['pkg.module'])) def test_main(): from test.support import run_unittest run_unittest(UseCache) if __name__ == '__main__': test_main()