Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> added the comment:
I'm still torn about the need for a __file__ attribute. Assuming it's more likely that people write code that *reads* stdlib source for some reason (maybe printing more context for error messages) than *writing* it (which would be truly strange), the amount of 3rd party code that might break due to the lack of __file__ can be expected to be larger than the amount of code (or number of users) that would be confused to having a __file__ pointing to a file that isn't actually read by the interpreter. Okay, so I'm no longer torn. We should set __file__ for frozen modules based on the pre-computed location of the stdlib. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45020> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
