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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-08-15 14:43:58 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-08-15 14:43:58 (GMT) |
| commit | 1b00f25bf99d9b7a5f307984f6467258de636d23 (patch) | |
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#15543: glossary entry for and 'universal newlines', and links to it.
Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index c9f742a..158e7b4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -189,10 +189,15 @@ are also provided to help in implementing the core ABCs. (e.g. built-in module). :exc:`ImportError` is raised if loader cannot find the requested module. + .. index:: + single: universal newlines; importlib.abc.InspectLoader.get_source method + .. method:: get_source(fullname) An abstract method to return the source of a module. It is returned as - a text string with universal newlines. Returns ``None`` if no + a text string using :term:`universal newlines`, translating all + recognized line separators into ``'\n'`` characters. + Returns ``None`` if no source is available (e.g. a built-in module). Raises :exc:`ImportError` if the loader cannot find the module specified. |