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authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2019-09-10 17:13:55 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-09-10 17:13:55 (GMT)
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bpo-37574: Mention helper functions for find_spec documentation (GH-14739)
(cherry picked from commit 9cbb97b29eac4b23e916a3233f26b60ac69e335b) Co-authored-by: jdkandersson <51036209+jdkandersson@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
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@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ ABC hierarchy::
parent package. If a spec cannot be found, ``None`` is returned.
When passed in, ``target`` is a module object that the finder may
use to make a more educated guess about what spec to return.
+ :func:`importlib.util.spec_from_loader` may be useful for implementing
+ concrete ``MetaPathFinders``.
.. versionadded:: 3.4
@@ -323,7 +325,8 @@ ABC hierarchy::
within the :term:`path entry` to which it is assigned. If a spec
cannot be found, ``None`` is returned. When passed in, ``target``
is a module object that the finder may use to make a more educated
- guess about what spec to return.
+ guess about what spec to return. :func:`importlib.util.spec_from_loader`
+ may be useful for implementing concrete ``PathEntryFinders``.
.. versionadded:: 3.4