Python 3.5 - Looking at source code - Where can I find genericpath module?

Question

I am looking at some source code in Python and see that it is importing the genericpath module. Where can I find this module?

import genericpath
from genericpath import *

Searching for genericpath is turning up nothing...

Are you saying the above code fails on your machine? Show the stacktrace, please. — Bryan Oakley, Jan 19 '16 at 16:05
No it works fine. I just want to find and take a look at the generic path module — timbram, Jan 19 '16 at 16:06
Possible duplicate of [Getting file path of imported module](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/729583/getting-file-path-of-imported-module) — Jorge Leitao, Jan 19 '16 at 16:39

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '16 at 16:06

To check where module resides you may use __file__ attribute.

>>> import genericpath
>>> genericpath.__file__
'C:\\Python27\\lib\\genericpath.pyc'

genericpath contains common implementation for os.path modules (ntpath, posixpath). Normally, you should never use any of these names explicitly, os.path will dispatch all requests to correct underlying library.

Python 3.5 - Looking at source code - Where can I find genericpath module?

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