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  r74584 | brett.cannon | 2009-08-29 20:47:36 -0700 (Sat, 29 Aug 2009) | 3 lines

  Have importlib raise ImportError if None is found in sys.modules. This matches
  current import semantics.
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2 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
index ee3f1e6..24bcff2 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
@@ -860,7 +860,12 @@ def _gcd_import(name, package=None, level=0):
             name = package[:dot]
     with _ImportLockContext():
         try:
-            return sys.modules[name]
+            module = sys.modules[name]
+            if module is None:
+                message = ("import of {} halted; "
+                            "None in sys.modules".format(name))
+                raise ImportError(message)
+            return module
         except KeyError:
             pass
         parent = name.rpartition('.')[0]
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/test/import_/test_caching.py b/Lib/importlib/test/import_/test_caching.py
index cf65b23..530b1a0 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/test/import_/test_caching.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/test/import_/test_caching.py
@@ -17,15 +17,25 @@ class UseCache(unittest.TestCase):
     loader returns) [from cache on return]. This also applies to imports of
     things contained within a package and thus get assigned as an attribute
     [from cache to attribute] or pulled in thanks to a fromlist import
-    [from cache for fromlist].
+    [from cache for fromlist]. But if sys.modules contains None then
+    ImportError is raised [None in cache].
 
     """
     def test_using_cache(self):
         # [use cache]
         module_to_use = "some module found!"
-        sys.modules['some_module'] = module_to_use
-        module = import_util.import_('some_module')
-        self.assertEqual(id(module_to_use), id(module))
+        with util.uncache(module_to_use):
+            sys.modules['some_module'] = module_to_use
+            module = import_util.import_('some_module')
+            self.assertEqual(id(module_to_use), id(module))
+
+    def test_None_in_cache(self):
+        #[None in cache]
+        name = 'using_None'
+        with util.uncache(name):
+            sys.modules[name] = None
+            with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
+                import_util.import_(name)
 
     def create_mock(self, *names, return_=None):
         mock = util.mock_modules(*names)