Loading plugins from "Installed Packages" fails if a corresponding dir exists in "Packages"

[FichteFoll]

Loading plugins from "Installed Packages" archives fails when a directory with the same name exists in "Packages".

Steps to reproduce

• Create a "TestPackage.sublime-package" zip archive with a Python plugin file named "test.py" with the following content:

  print("testing")

• Place this package into your "Installed Packages" dir and restart ST. You will find the following in the console:

  reloading plugin TestPackage.test
  testing
  

• Now, go to your "Packages" dir and create a folder named "TestPackage". When restarting ST you will find the following:

  reloading plugin TestPackage.test
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3 Portable Beta\sublime_plugin.py", line 73, in reload_plugin
    m = importlib.import_module(modulename)
  File "X/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1577, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1558, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1522, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  ImportError: No module named 'TestPackage.test'
  

Expected behaviour

"test.py" loads successfully and prints "testing" when the module is not overridden. I know that the Packages dir is supposed to override the Installed Packages but it should only override those (files) if they actually exist.

Note: This is gonna get complicated when plugins are importing modules relative from their dir. Would it be possible to replace certain modules only in this situation?

Tested on Windows 7x64 with ST3 3035 Portable.

Forum link: http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12564

[FichteFoll]

Said to be fixed now according to http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12814&p=50072#p50072 but I will test this later.

[FichteFoll]

As of 3043 the particular error in this issue has been fixed (loading modules when a folder with an installed package's name exists fails) but overriding installed packages is still not working that great.

For instance (assuming the same file structure as above):

• Create a file named Packages/TestPackage/test.py and put something like print("not testing") in it. Console after restarting/saving:

  reloading plugin TestPackage.test
  testing
  

• Create a file named Packages/TestPackage/test2.py and enter something like print("testing again") (contents don't matter). Console after restarting/saving:

  reloading plugin TestPackage.test2
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\Sublime Text 3 Portable Beta\sublime_plugin.py", line 73, in reload_plugin
    m = importlib.import_module(modulename)
  File "X/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1577, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1558, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1522, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  ImportError: No module named 'TestPackage.test2'
  

New issue?

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I actually wanted to test this but due to the above error it wouldn't work: Can I import moduels from installed packages from the same "uninstalled" package? E.g., would from . import test work in test2.py?

[FichteFoll]

The above concerns have been fixed with 3045 and another bug in 3046, marking this as fixed. Read the forum thread linked in the first post for more information