[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Changes by Serhiy Storchaka : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: test needed -> resolved status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Can this issue be closed? -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Eli Bendersky added the comment: Committed fixes to raise ImportError in both Python 3.2 and 3.3 At the moment no test added because I'm having trouble using import_fresh_module to avoid re-importing of pyexpat in the etree tests (it gets imported anyway). -- ___

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset d896fd0a8ba7 by Eli Bendersky in branch '3.2': ISsue #14988: restore Python 2's behavior of raising ImportError when unable to load pyexpat, instead of a SystemError/RuntimeError http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d896fd0a8ba7 New changeset c8774ff4

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: > Did it happen to raise ImportError historically and only recent > changes made it RuntimeError? I'm not sure this is the case. ImportError was raised in Python 2. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Eli Bendersky added the comment: Benjamin, what "old behavior"? Did it happen to raise ImportError historically and only recent changes made it RuntimeError? I'm not sure this is the case. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Eli Bendersky added the comment: I tried blocking the import of 'pyexpat' in a test by using test.support.import_fresh_module, placing 'pyexpat' into the blocked list, but it doesn't work (i.e. pyexpat, if it exists, is still imported) -- ___ Pytho

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Benjamin Peterson added the comment: IMHO, it can be fixed as people were relying on the old behavior. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis added the comment: IMHO wrong exception could be treated as a bug, which could be fixed in 3.2 and 3.3. Benjamin Peterson and Georg Brandl: What do you think? > P.S. is there any way to create a test for it? You can set sys.modules["pyexpat"]=None and test

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Eli Bendersky added the comment: I agree, but this will now be delayed to 3.4, since it's not a bug-fixing change in functionality. P.S. is there any way to create a test for it? -- assignee: -> eli.bendersky priority: normal -> low type: -> behavior versions: -Python 3.3

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Stephen Thorne added the comment: With the attached patch, with python3.3(trunk) I instead get: ./python.exe -c 'import _elementtree' Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "", line 1294, in _find_and_load File "", line 1261, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", l

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

Changes by Eli Bendersky : -- components: +Library (Lib) stage: -> test needed versions: +Python 3.4 -Python 3.2 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

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[issue14988] _elementtree: Raise ImportError when importing of pyexpat fails

New submission from Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis : If, after building of Python, libexpat.so (library used by pyexpat module) has been broken/removed or pyexpat module has been broken/removed, then attempt of import of _elementtree module, which requires pyexpat module, will raise stra