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| author | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2013-03-13 17:58:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2013-03-13 17:58:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 115309acec0dfb387f96cad914a554342a897e4a (patch) | |
| tree | 72c05c0a6e0c24040c13d6c4100fa1f8d5836c09 /Doc/library/sys.rst | |
| parent | a142a343e8a01adad81767f125711db80211e008 (diff) | |
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Issue #17176: Document that imp.NullImporter is no longer
automatically used by import.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index aad32d2..7745559 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -770,12 +770,15 @@ always available. A dictionary acting as a cache for :term:`finder` objects. The keys are paths that have been passed to :data:`sys.path_hooks` and the values are the finders that are found. If a path is a valid file system path but no - explicit finder is found on :data:`sys.path_hooks` then ``None`` is - stored to represent the implicit default finder should be used. If the path - is not an existing path then :class:`imp.NullImporter` is set. + finder is found on :data:`sys.path_hooks` then ``None`` is + stored. Originally specified in :pep:`302`. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + ``None`` is stored instead of :class:`imp.NullImporter` when no finder + is found. + .. data:: platform |