pkgutil.iter_modules and walk_packages should return a namedtuple

[RamchandraApte]

BPO	17211
Nosy	@brettcannon, @ncoghlan, @ezio-melotti, @ericsnowcurrently
Files	issue.patch issue.patch

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2016-09-08.01:39:20.714>
created_at = <Date 2013-02-15.13:40:10.488>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'pkgutil.iter_modules and walk_packages should return a namedtuple'
updated_at = <Date 2016-09-08.01:39:20.689>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/RamchandraApte'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-09-08.01:39:20.689>
actor = 'eric.snow'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2016-09-08.01:39:20.714>
closer = 'eric.snow'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2013-02-15.13:40:10.488>
creator = 'Ramchandra Apte'
dependencies = []
files = ['29087', '29088']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 17211
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['182143', '182223', '182225', '182227', '182276', '274944', '274945']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['brett.cannon', 'ncoghlan', 'ezio.melotti', 'python-dev', 'eric.snow', 'Ramchandra Apte']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue17211'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

[RamchandraApte]

Will attach a patch soon.

[RamchandraApte]

Attached is a patch.

[ezio-melotti]

Patch needs tests.

[RamchandraApte]

I forget about that. Attached is a patch with tests.

[RamchandraApte]

Please review.

[python-dev]

New changeset 4f023e60564b by Eric Snow in branch 'default':
Issue bpo-17211: Yield a namedtuple in pkgutil.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4f023e60564b

[ericsnowcurrently]

I've applied the patch with a couple small changes. Thanks for the help!