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authorBrett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com>2018-04-30 18:31:45 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-04-30 18:31:45 (GMT)
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bpo-33254: do not return an empty list when asking for the contents of a namespace package (GH-6467)
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@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
.. abstractmethod:: contents()
- Returns an :term:`iterator` of strings over the contents of
+ Returns an :term:`iterable` of strings over the contents of
the package. Do note that it is not required that all names
returned by the iterator be actual resources, e.g. it is
acceptable to return names for which :meth:`is_resource` would
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
the file system then those subdirectory names can be used
directly.
- The abstract method returns an iterator of no items.
+ The abstract method returns an iterable of no items.
.. class:: ResourceLoader
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ The following functions are available.
.. function:: contents(package)
- Return an iterator over the named items within the package. The iterator
+ Return an iterable over the named items within the package. The iterable
returns :class:`str` resources (e.g. files) and non-resources
- (e.g. directories). The iterator does not recurse into subdirectories.
+ (e.g. directories). The iterable does not recurse into subdirectories.
*package* is either a name or a module object which conforms to the
``Package`` requirements.