Add reference implementation for PEP 443

PEP accepted: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-June/126734.html

Lib/pkgutil.py

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 """Utilities to support packages."""
 
-import os
-import sys
-import importlib
+from functools import singledispatch as simplegeneric
 import imp
+import importlib
+import os
 import os.path
-from warnings import warn
+import sys
 from types import ModuleType
+from warnings import warn
 
 __all__ = [
     'get_importer', 'iter_importers', 'get_loader', 'find_loader',
@@ -27,46 +28,6 @@ def read_code(stream):
     return marshal.load(stream)
 
 
-def simplegeneric(func):
-    """Make a trivial single-dispatch generic function"""
-    registry = {}
-    def wrapper(*args, **kw):
-        ob = args[0]
-        try:
-            cls = ob.__class__
-        except AttributeError:
-            cls = type(ob)
-        try:
-            mro = cls.__mro__
-        except AttributeError:
-            try:
-                class cls(cls, object):
-                    pass
-                mro = cls.__mro__[1:]
-            except TypeError:
-                mro = object,   # must be an ExtensionClass or some such  :(
-        for t in mro:
-            if t in registry:
-                return registry[t](*args, **kw)
-        else:
-            return func(*args, **kw)
-    try:
-        wrapper.__name__ = func.__name__
-    except (TypeError, AttributeError):
-        pass    # Python 2.3 doesn't allow functions to be renamed
-
-    def register(typ, func=None):
-        if func is None:
-            return lambda f: register(typ, f)
-        registry[typ] = func
-        return func
-
-    wrapper.__dict__ = func.__dict__
-    wrapper.__doc__ = func.__doc__
-    wrapper.register = register
-    return wrapper
-
-
 def walk_packages(path=None, prefix='', onerror=None):
     """Yields (module_loader, name, ispkg) for all modules recursively
     on path, or, if path is None, all accessible modules.
@@ -148,13 +109,12 @@ def iter_modules(path=None, prefix=''):
                 yield i, name, ispkg
 
 
-#@simplegeneric
+@simplegeneric
 def iter_importer_modules(importer, prefix=''):
     if not hasattr(importer, 'iter_modules'):
         return []
     return importer.iter_modules(prefix)
 
-iter_importer_modules = simplegeneric(iter_importer_modules)
 
 # Implement a file walker for the normal importlib path hook
 def _iter_file_finder_modules(importer, prefix=''):