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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2012-08-20 03:49:08 (GMT)
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s/path importer/path based finder/ (because the path based finder is not an importer and the simpler 'path finder' is too ambiguous)
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@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Glossary
import path
A list of locations (or :term:`path entries <path entry>`) that are
- searched by the :term:`path importer` for modules to import. During
+ searched by the :term:`path based finder` for modules to import. During
import, this list of locations usually comes from :data:`sys.path`, but
for subpackages it may also come from the parent package's ``__path__``
attribute.
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Glossary
path entry
A single location on the :term:`import path` which the :term:`path
- importer` consults to find modules for importing.
+ based finder` consults to find modules for importing.
path entry finder
A :term:`finder` returned by a callable on :data:`sys.path_hooks`
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ Glossary
entry finder` if it knows how to find modules on a specific :term:`path
entry`.
- path importer
+ path based finder
One of the default :term:`meta path finders <meta path finder>` which
searches an :term:`import path` for modules.