On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 11:22 PM Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > That's not possible. > > Stdlib can be arranged any way a user/maintainer wishes (zipped stdlib and > virtual environments are just two examples), so there's no way to tell if the > module's location is "right". > Dowstream changes are also standard practice so there's no way to verify a > module's contents, either. > > As such, there's no way to tell if any given module being imported is a > standard or a 3rd-party one.
By the way, IMO it's also a legit use case on an old Python version to override a stdlib module with a patched or more recent version, to get a bugfix for example ;-) Even if it's an uncommon use case, it can solve some practical issues. Victor _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/NEID6HKSVGUSDG7GMHQGGE3QOFYGTGE4/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
