Go to definition in editor not working for files in user PYTHONPATH

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Problem Description

The “Go to definition” feature in the editor context menu, or CTRL+G, does not work on files that are in my own PYTHONPATH. It does however work on installed libraries and files I place myself in site-packages (on windows with Anaconda \AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages).

What steps reproduce the problem?

1. Create a file “myfileinpythonpath.py” with a method mymethod(), place it in a PYTHONPATH included path
2. “from myfileinpythonpath import mymethod” works, but I can not use Go to definition to access the file/method
3. Works as expected (opens the .py file) if I place the file in site-packages or try on another library, for example “import pathlib” and use Go to definition on pathlib

Versions

• Spyder version: 4.0.0rc1 (same problem also in b7)
• Python version: 3.7.4 64-bit
• Qt version: Qt 5.12.5
• PyQt version: PyQt5 5.12.3
• Operating System name/version: Windows 10

Running Kite if that matters.

[ccordoba12]

@goanpeca is working on this right now. It should be ready next week.

[fazelehh]

I have the same problem with the updated version of spyder. I am using spyder 5.3.0 :

Name Version Build Channel pyls-spyder 0.4.0 pyhd8ed1ab_0 conda-forge spyder 5.3.0 py39hcbf5309_0 conda-forge spyder-kernels 2.3.0 py39hcbf5309_0 conda-forge