bpo-42129: Add support for resources in namespaces (GH-24670)

* Unify behavior in ResourceReaderDefaultsTests and align with the behavior found in importlib_resources.
* Equip NamespaceLoader with a NamespaceReader.
* Apply changes from importlib_resources 5.0.4

Lib/importlib/readers.py

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+import collections
 import zipfile
 import pathlib
 from . import abc
 
 
+def remove_duplicates(items):
+    return iter(collections.OrderedDict.fromkeys(items))
+
+
 class FileReader(abc.TraversableResources):
     def __init__(self, loader):
         self.path = pathlib.Path(loader.path).parent
@@ -39,3 +44,80 @@ class ZipReader(abc.TraversableResources):
 
     def files(self):
         return zipfile.Path(self.archive, self.prefix)
+
+
+class MultiplexedPath(abc.Traversable):
+    """
+    Given a series of Traversable objects, implement a merged
+    version of the interface across all objects. Useful for
+    namespace packages which may be multihomed at a single
+    name.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, *paths):
+        self._paths = list(map(pathlib.Path, remove_duplicates(paths)))
+        if not self._paths:
+            message = 'MultiplexedPath must contain at least one path'
+            raise FileNotFoundError(message)
+        if not all(path.is_dir() for path in self._paths):
+            raise NotADirectoryError('MultiplexedPath only supports directories')
+
+    def iterdir(self):
+        visited = []
+        for path in self._paths:
+            for file in path.iterdir():
+                if file.name in visited:
+                    continue
+                visited.append(file.name)
+                yield file
+
+    def read_bytes(self):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f'{self} is not a file')
+
+    def read_text(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f'{self} is not a file')
+
+    def is_dir(self):
+        return True
+
+    def is_file(self):
+        return False
+
+    def joinpath(self, child):
+        # first try to find child in current paths
+        for file in self.iterdir():
+            if file.name == child:
+                return file
+        # if it does not exist, construct it with the first path
+        return self._paths[0] / child
+
+    __truediv__ = joinpath
+
+    def open(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise FileNotFoundError('{} is not a file'.format(self))
+
+    def name(self):
+        return self._paths[0].name
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return 'MultiplexedPath({})'.format(
+            ', '.join("'{}'".format(path) for path in self._paths)
+        )
+
+
+class NamespaceReader(abc.TraversableResources):
+    def __init__(self, namespace_path):
+        if 'NamespacePath' not in str(namespace_path):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid path')
+        self.path = MultiplexedPath(*list(namespace_path))
+
+    def resource_path(self, resource):
+        """
+        Return the file system path to prevent
+        `resources.path()` from creating a temporary
+        copy.
+        """
+        return str(self.path.joinpath(resource))
+
+    def files(self):
+        return self.path