Issue 11718: Teach IDLE's open module dialog to find packages.
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
index ffc4e88..3b7bb6d 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/EditorWindow.py
@@ -50,6 +50,17 @@
path = module.__path__
except AttributeError:
raise ImportError('No source for module ' + module.__name__)
+ if descr[2] != imp.PY_SOURCE:
+ # If all of the above fails and didn't raise an exception,fallback
+ # to a straight import which can find __init__.py in a package.
+ m = __import__(fullname)
+ try:
+ filename = m.__file__
+ except AttributeError:
+ pass
+ else:
+ file = None
+ descr = os.path.splitext(filename), None, imp.PY_SOURCE
return file, filename, descr
class EditorWindow(object):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af3ad9a..253f854 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@
- Issue #11268: Prevent Mac OS X Installer failure if Documentation
package had previously been installed.
+IDLE
+----
+
+- Issue #11718: IDLE's open module dialog couldn't find the __init__.py
+ file in a package.
+
Tools/Demos
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