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| author | Randy <69558016+san-juan1667@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-04-22 23:33:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-04-22 23:33:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 7bf94568a9a4101c72b8bf555a811028e5b45ced (patch) | |
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| parent | 8cb2b0f953288ff8749e686c268097cdd5a393e2 (diff) | |
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gh-68654: Clarify subdirectories used by pkgutil.extend_path (#103701)
Clarify sub directories used by pkgutil.extend_path in the docs and the docstring
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst index 788a02d..66d753b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ support. from pkgutil import extend_path __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__) - This will add to the package's ``__path__`` all subdirectories of directories - on :data:`sys.path` named after the package. This is useful if one wants to - distribute different parts of a single logical package as multiple + For each directory on :data:`sys.path` that has a subdirectory that matches the + package name, add the subdirectory to the package's :attr:`__path__`. This is useful + if one wants to distribute different parts of a single logical package as multiple directories. It also looks for :file:`\*.pkg` files beginning where ``*`` matches the |