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authorRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2011-01-17 21:55:40 (GMT)
committerRaymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>2011-01-17 21:55:40 (GMT)
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Fix-up the XXX for importlib.abc.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
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@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ aspects that are visible to the programmer:
* The :mod:`py_compile` and :mod:`compileall` modules have been updated to
reflect the new naming convention and target directory.
-* XXX The :mod:`importlib.abc` module has been updated with new ABCs that
- abstract out bytecode file details; some other ABCs in the module are now
- deprecated in favor for the new ABCs (instructions on how to stay
- backwards-compatible with Python 3.1 are included with the documentation).
+* The :mod:`importlib.abc` module has been updated with new :term:`abstract base
+ classes <abstract base class>` for the loading bytecode files. The now
+ obsolete ABCS, :class:`~importlib.abc.PyLoader` and
+ :class:`~importlib.abc.PyPycLoader`, have been deprecated (instructions on how
+ to stay backwards-compatible with Python 3.1 are included with the
+ documentation).
.. seealso::