Add a new API:

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 9e2631897539 · 2001-02-28T21:43:40.000Z
warn_explicit(message, category, filename, lineno, module, registry)

The regular warn() call calculates a bunch of values and calls
warn_explicit() with these.

This will be used to issue better syntax warnings.
diff --git a/Lib/warnings.py b/Lib/warnings.py
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ def warn(message, category=None, stacklevel=1):
             filename = module
     # Quick test for common case
     registry = globals.setdefault("__warningregistry__", {})
+    warn_explicit(message, category, filename, lineno, module, registry)
+
+def warn_explicit(message, category, filename, lineno,
+                  module=None, registry=None):
+    if module is None:
+        module = filename
+        if module[-3:].lower() == ".py":
+            module = module[:-3] # XXX What about leading pathname?
+    if registry is None:
+        registry = {}
     key = (message, category, lineno)
     if registry.get(key):
         return
