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authorBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2013-05-25 15:26:11 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <brett@python.org>2013-05-25 15:26:11 (GMT)
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Various tweaks to importlib docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 0abf5e8..6f1899f 100644
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@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ ABC hierarchy::
The path to where the module data is stored (not set for built-in
modules).
+ - :attr:`__cached__`
+ The path to where a compiled version of the module is/should be
+ stored (not set when the attribute would be inappropriate).
+
- :attr:`__path__`
A list of strings specifying the search path within a
package. This attribute is not set on modules.
@@ -407,7 +411,8 @@ ABC hierarchy::
automatically.
When writing to the path fails because the path is read-only
- (:attr:`errno.EACCES`), do not propagate the exception.
+ (:attr:`errno.EACCES`/:exc:`PermissionError`), do not propagate the
+ exception.
.. method:: get_code(fullname)
@@ -668,8 +673,8 @@ find and load modules.
specified by *fullname* on :data:`sys.path` or, if defined, on
*path*. For each path entry that is searched,
:data:`sys.path_importer_cache` is checked. If a non-false object is
- found then it is used as the :term:`finder` to look for the module
- being searched for. If no entry is found in
+ found then it is used as the :term:`path entry finder` to look for the
+ module being searched for. If no entry is found in
:data:`sys.path_importer_cache`, then :data:`sys.path_hooks` is
searched for a finder for the path entry and, if found, is stored in
:data:`sys.path_importer_cache` along with being queried about the