what is the meaning of module name in imp.load_source?

Question

There is a file named stock.py in d:\\stock.py,i can load it as

import imp
x=imp.load_source('module_name','d:\\stock.py')
x
<module 'module_name' from 'd:/stock.py'>

it can be written as :
y=imp.load_source('module','d:\\stock.py')
y
<module 'module' from 'd:/stock.py'>  

Any string can be used in arg of imp.load_source(arg,'d:\\stock.py'),what is the meaning of it then?

Answer 1

Any string can be used in arg of imp.load_source(arg,'d:\\stock.py'),what is the meaning of it then?

Using a sensible value makes errors and debugging easier to understand. Also, you could trigger __main__ blocks.