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authorAN Long <aisk@users.noreply.github.com>2024-01-11 09:43:35 (GMT)
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gh-112419: Document removal of sys.meta_path's 'find_module' fallback (#112421)
Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend@python.org>
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@@ -1268,10 +1268,13 @@ always available.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
:term:`Module specs <module spec>` were introduced in Python 3.4, by
- :pep:`451`. Earlier versions of Python looked for a method called
- :meth:`!find_module`.
- This is still called as a fallback if a :data:`meta_path` entry doesn't
- have a :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method.
+ :pep:`451`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.12
+
+ Removed the fallback that looked for a :meth:`!find_module` method
+ if a :data:`meta_path` entry didn't have a
+ :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method.
.. data:: modules