Add a reset_name argument to importlib.util.module_to_load in order to

control whether to reset the module's __name__ attribute in case a
reload is being done.

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
index f5b71ba..cd6a263 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py
@@ -493,8 +493,14 @@ class _ModuleManager:
 
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name):
+    def __init__(self, name, *, reset_name=True):
+        """Prepare the context manager.
+
+        The reset_name argument specifies whether to unconditionally reset
+        the __name__ attribute if the module is found to be a reload.
+        """
         self._name = name
+        self._reset_name = reset_name
 
     def __enter__(self):
         self._module = sys.modules.get(self._name)
@@ -508,6 +514,12 @@ class _ModuleManager:
             # (otherwise an optimization shortcut in import.c becomes wrong)
             self._module.__initializing__ = True
             sys.modules[self._name] = self._module
+        elif self._reset_name:
+            try:
+                self._module.__name__ = self._name
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+
         return self._module
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
index 7646b34..9897def 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_util.py
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ class ModuleToLoadTests(unittest.TestCase):
         else:
             self.fail('importlib.util.module_to_load swallowed an exception')
 
+    def test_reset_name(self):
+        # If reset_name is true then module.__name__ = name, else leave it be.
+        odd_name = 'not your typical name'
+        created_module = imp.new_module(self.module_name)
+        created_module.__name__ = odd_name
+        sys.modules[self.module_name] = created_module
+        with util.module_to_load(self.module_name) as module:
+            self.assertEqual(module.__name__, self.module_name)
+        created_module.__name__ = odd_name
+        with util.module_to_load(self.module_name, reset_name=False) as module:
+            self.assertEqual(module.__name__, odd_name)
+
 
 class ModuleForLoaderTests(unittest.TestCase):