bpo-29620: iterate over a copy of sys.modules (GH-4800)

unittest.TestCase.assertWarns no longer raises a RuntimeException
when accessing a module's ``__warningregistry__`` causes importation of a new
module, or when a new module is imported in another thread. 

Patch by Kernc.

Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import logging
 import warnings
 import weakref
 import inspect
+import types
 
 from copy import deepcopy
 from test import support
@@ -1350,6 +1351,20 @@ test case
             pass
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.assertWarnsRegex, MyWarn, lambda: True)
 
+    def testAssertWarnsModifySysModules(self):
+        # bpo-29620: handle modified sys.modules during iteration
+        class Foo(types.ModuleType):
+            @property
+            def __warningregistry__(self):
+                sys.modules['@bar@'] = 'bar'
+
+        sys.modules['@foo@'] = Foo('foo')
+        try:
+            self.assertWarns(UserWarning, warnings.warn, 'expected')
+        finally:
+            del sys.modules['@foo@']
+            del sys.modules['@bar@']
+
     def testAssertRaisesRegexMismatch(self):
         def Stub():
             raise Exception('Unexpected')