From: Thomas Heller <theller@ctypes.org>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:00:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix SF item #876278: Unbounded recursion in modulefinder.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3.4c1~16
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d6782986c193882144d307e0369accfac4a090de;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Fix SF item #876278: Unbounded recursion in modulefinder.
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diff --git a/Lib/modulefinder.py b/Lib/modulefinder.py
index 6dec0e5903d9..97a6c2501077 100644
--- a/Lib/modulefinder.py
+++ b/Lib/modulefinder.py
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ class ModuleFinder:
         if self.badmodules.has_key(fqname):
             self.msgout(3, "import_module -> None")
             return None
+        if parent and parent.__path__ is None:
+            self.msgout(3, "import_module -> None")
+            return None
         try:
             fp, pathname, stuff = self.find_module(partname,
                                                    parent and parent.__path__, parent)
@@ -392,6 +395,7 @@ class ModuleFinder:
 
     def find_module(self, name, path, parent=None):
         if parent is not None:
+            # assert path is not None
             fullname = parent.__name__+'.'+name
         else:
             fullname = name
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 63cec4c20568..d682acc5d453 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Core and builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Bug #876278: Unbounded recursion in modulefinder
+
 - Brought platform.py in line with the 2.4 version, fixing support for
   newer Windows versions and a cache issue.