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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py index 4097e4bf6f..b20cd91db4 100644 --- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py +++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/lang.py @@ -804,6 +804,9 @@ class LazyReference(object): def load_module_from_file(module_name, module_path): """Loads a python module from the path of the corresponding file. + If the module is already in ``sys.modules`` it will be returned as + is and not reloaded. + Args: module_name (str): namespace where the python module will be loaded, e.g. ``foo.bar`` @@ -816,12 +819,28 @@ def load_module_from_file(module_name, module_path): ImportError: when the module can't be loaded FileNotFoundError: when module_path doesn't exist """ + if module_name in sys.modules: + return sys.modules[module_name] + + # This recipe is adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/67692/771663 if sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] >= 5: import importlib.util spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location( # novm module_name, module_path) module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec) # novm - spec.loader.exec_module(module) + # The module object needs to exist in sys.modules before the + # loader executes the module code. + # + # See https://docs.python.org/3/reference/import.html#loading + sys.modules[spec.name] = module + try: + spec.loader.exec_module(module) + except BaseException: + try: + del sys.modules[spec.name] + except KeyError: + pass + raise elif sys.version_info[0] == 3 and sys.version_info[1] < 5: import importlib.machinery loader = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader( # novm |