diff --git a/synapse/util/module_loader.py b/synapse/util/module_loader.py
index 8acbe276e4..cbfbd097f9 100644
--- a/synapse/util/module_loader.py
+++ b/synapse/util/module_loader.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
import importlib
import importlib.util
import itertools
+from types import ModuleType
from typing import Any, Iterable, Tuple, Type
import jsonschema
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ def load_module(provider: dict, config_path: Iterable[str]) -> Tuple[Type, Any]:
# We need to import the module, and then pick the class out of
# that, so we split based on the last dot.
- module, clz = modulename.rsplit(".", 1)
- module = importlib.import_module(module)
+ module_name, clz = modulename.rsplit(".", 1)
+ module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
provider_class = getattr(module, clz)
# Load the module config. If None, pass an empty dictionary instead
@@ -69,11 +70,11 @@ def load_module(provider: dict, config_path: Iterable[str]) -> Tuple[Type, Any]:
return provider_class, provider_config
-def load_python_module(location: str):
+def load_python_module(location: str) -> ModuleType:
"""Load a python module, and return a reference to its global namespace
Args:
- location (str): path to the module
+ location: path to the module
Returns:
python module object
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