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| author | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2014-05-30 18:55:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2014-05-30 18:55:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 2a17bde930af72995a217f6625d763e828bf5ce1 (patch) | |
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Issue #20383: Introduce importlib.util.module_from_spec().
Along the way, dismantle importlib._bootstrap._SpecMethods as it was
no longer relevant and constructing the new function required
partially dismantling the class anyway.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index 91cec97..77a6f7c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ importlib With a module object that you want to initialize you can then use ``exec(code, module.__dict__)`` to execute the code in the module. +* :func:`importlib.util.module_from_spec` is now the preferred way to create a + new module. Compared to :class:`types.ModuleType`, this new function will set + the various import-controlled attributes based on the passed-in spec object. + inspect ------- |