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authorMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2015-12-10 06:47:06 (GMT)
committerMartin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com>2015-12-10 06:47:06 (GMT)
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Issue #14285: Do not catch exceptions initializing any ancestor package
The previous fix only handled the case of the parent package of __main__ failing to initialize. Also make the "Error while finding spec" formatting slightly more appealing, and document and test that the module name must be absolute.
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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ source.
the :mod:`__main__` module.
Since the argument is a *module* name, you must not give a file extension
- (``.py``). The ``module-name`` should be a valid Python module name, but
+ (``.py``). The module name should be a valid absolute Python module name, but
the implementation may not always enforce this (e.g. it may allow you to
use a name that includes a hyphen).