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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2019-06-06 02:40:19 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-06-06 02:40:19 (GMT) |
| commit | 4867eaa294c5f5fb360e111d54f3543d502b4f46 (patch) | |
| tree | bf2efc5ff2878a87d905586f7e5494e80408133c /Doc/whatsnew | |
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Add importlib.metadata to what's new. (#13855)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 8456a17..bf75387 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -330,7 +330,10 @@ Other Language Changes New Modules =========== -* None yet. +* The new :mod:`importlib.metadata` module provides (provisional) support for + reading metadata from third-party packages. For example, you can extract an + installed package's version number, list of entry points, and more. See + :issue:`34632` for additional details. Improved Modules |