Add fallback for utils.ShimModule.__repr__

IPython/utils/tests/test_shimmodule.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 b''
+from IPython.utils.shimmodule import ShimModule
+import IPython
+
+
+def test_shimmodule_repr_does_not_fail_on_import_error():
+    shim_module = ShimModule("shim_module", mirror="mirrored_module_does_not_exist")
+    repr(shim_module)
+
+
+def test_shimmodule_repr_forwards_to_module():
+    shim_module = ShimModule("shim_module", mirror="IPython")
+    assert repr(shim_module) == repr(IPython)

IPython/utils/shimmodule.py

@@ -79,3 +79,11 b' class ShimModule(types.ModuleType):'
             return import_item(name)
         except ImportError as e:
             raise AttributeError(key) from e
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        # repr on a module can be called during error handling; make sure
+        # it does not fail, even if the import fails
+        try:
+            return self.__getattr__("__repr__")()
+        except AttributeError:
+            return f"<ShimModule for {self._mirror!r}>"