NameError: name '__file__' is not defined

[varunsapre]

I have a module that requires the ' __ file __ ' variable for loading a bunch of files. When I run my program without any encryption this works flawlessly. However, after encrypting, the __ file __ attribute is not defined. After digging through 'dir()' a bit, I found that two attribute - ' __ file __ ' and ' __ cached __ ' get lost somewhere after encryption. Is anybody else facing such a problem? Is there a workaround for this?

[rickardcronholm]

If it's a module from an installed package you can, and should, use importlib. See this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/20885799/2181884 If its just a module as in a loose file, then it would depend on how you are calling it. Den tis 1 okt. 2019 15:34Varun Sapre <notifications@github.com> skrev:

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[varunsapre]

Thanks @rickardcronholm! Using importlib worked fine for the problem I was facing.
However, is __ file __ not getting defined expected behaviour? I understand why __ file __ does not work when served from a zip, is it the same reason here?

[theonewolf]

Hey @varunsapre it is intentional as many things which assume __file__ no longer work with the encrypted version.

I will try and dig up the exact technical reason we didn't re-set that up in private communication and update you here.

[jobevers]

I ran into this issue recently. Looking into the https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#module-importlib.resources work-around suggested on the stackoverflow issue, but I'm curious why __file__ doesn't work.