From 171b76a7810cffb17f1371447b0eed86715079b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Waygood <alex.waygood@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:01:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] gh-125519: Improve traceback if `importlib.reload()` is
 called with a non-module object

---
 Lib/importlib/__init__.py                         |  2 +-
 Lib/test/test_importlib/test_api.py               | 15 +++++++++++++++
 ...2024-10-15-14-01-03.gh-issue-125519.TqGh6a.rst |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-15-14-01-03.gh-issue-125519.TqGh6a.rst

diff --git a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
index f38fe5c1ab461a..a7d57561ead046 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def reload(module):
         try:
             name = module.__name__
         except AttributeError:
-            raise TypeError("reload() argument must be a module")
+            raise TypeError("reload() argument must be a module") from None
 
     if sys.modules.get(name) is not module:
         raise ImportError(f"module {name} not in sys.modules", name=name)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_api.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_api.py
index 973237c0791a3e..51ea5270b1a928 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_api.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/test_api.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from test import support
 from test.support import import_helper
 from test.support import os_helper
+import traceback
 import types
 import unittest
 
@@ -354,6 +355,20 @@ def test_module_missing_spec(self):
             with self.assertRaises(ModuleNotFoundError):
                 self.init.reload(module)
 
+    def test_reload_traceback_with_non_str(self):
+        # gh-125519
+        with support.captured_stdout() as stdout:
+            try:
+                self.init.reload("typing")
+            except TypeError as exc:
+                traceback.print_exception(exc, file=stdout)
+            else:
+                self.fail("Expected TypeError to be raised")
+        printed_traceback = stdout.getvalue()
+        self.assertIn("TypeError", printed_traceback)
+        self.assertNotIn("AttributeError", printed_traceback)
+        self.assertNotIn("module.__spec__.name", printed_traceback)
+
 
 (Frozen_ReloadTests,
  Source_ReloadTests
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-15-14-01-03.gh-issue-125519.TqGh6a.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-15-14-01-03.gh-issue-125519.TqGh6a.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e6062625104590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-15-14-01-03.gh-issue-125519.TqGh6a.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Improve traceback if :func:`importlib.reload` is called with an object that
+is not a module. Patch by Alex Waygood.