[3.9] bpo-45703: Invalidate _NamespacePath cache on importlib.invalidate_ca… (GH-29384) #29964
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Consider the following directory structure:
And both PATH1 and PATH2 in sys path:
While this interpreter still runs, PATH2/namespace/sub2 is created:
The newly created module cannot be imported:
Calling importlib.invalidate_caches() now newly allows to import it:
This was not previously possible.
(cherry picked from commit ae1965c)
Co-authored-by: Miro Hrončok miro@hroncok.cz
https://bugs.python.org/issue45703