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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-09-06 00:11:51 (GMT)
committerSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-09-06 00:11:51 (GMT)
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Update pkgutil docs to reference appropriate finder and loader object documentation.
Initial patch contributed by Jaysinh shukla.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/pkgutil.rst28
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
index 26c5ac0..c5ba8d8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ support.
.. class:: ImpImporter(dirname=None)
- :pep:`302` Importer that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
+ :pep:`302` Finder that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
- If *dirname* is a string, a :pep:`302` importer is created that searches that
- directory. If *dirname* is ``None``, a :pep:`302` importer is created that
+ If *dirname* is a string, a :pep:`302` finder is created that searches that
+ directory. If *dirname* is ``None``, a :pep:`302` finder is created that
searches the current :data:`sys.path`, plus any modules that are frozen or
built-in.
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ support.
.. class:: ImpLoader(fullname, file, filename, etc)
- :pep:`302` Loader that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
+ :term:`Loader` that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
.. deprecated:: 3.3
This emulation is no longer needed, as the standard import mechanism
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ support.
.. function:: find_loader(fullname)
- Retrieve a :pep:`302` module loader for the given *fullname*.
+ Retrieve a module :term:`loader` for the given *fullname*.
This is a backwards compatibility wrapper around
:func:`importlib.util.find_spec` that converts most failures to
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ support.
.. function:: get_importer(path_item)
- Retrieve a :pep:`302` importer for the given *path_item*.
+ Retrieve a :term:`finder` for the given *path_item*.
- The returned importer is cached in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` if it was
+ The returned finder is cached in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` if it was
newly created by a path hook.
The cache (or part of it) can be cleared manually if a rescan of
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ support.
.. function:: get_loader(module_or_name)
- Get a :pep:`302` "loader" object for *module_or_name*.
+ Get a :term:`loader` object for *module_or_name*.
If the module or package is accessible via the normal import mechanism, a
wrapper around the relevant part of that machinery is returned. Returns
@@ -121,16 +121,16 @@ support.
.. function:: iter_importers(fullname='')
- Yield :pep:`302` importers for the given module name.
+ Yield :term:`finder` objects for the given module name.
- If fullname contains a '.', the importers will be for the package
+ If fullname contains a '.', the finders will be for the package
containing fullname, otherwise they will be all registered top level
- importers (i.e. those on both sys.meta_path and sys.path_hooks).
+ finders (i.e. those on both sys.meta_path and sys.path_hooks).
If the named module is in a package, that package is imported as a side
effect of invoking this function.
- If no module name is specified, all top level importers are produced.
+ If no module name is specified, all top level finders are produced.
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Updated to be based directly on :mod:`importlib` rather than relying
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ support.
Get a resource from a package.
- This is a wrapper for the :pep:`302` loader :func:`get_data` API. The
+ This is a wrapper for the :term:`loader` :func:`get_data` API. The
*package* argument should be the name of a package, in standard module format
(``foo.bar``). The *resource* argument should be in the form of a relative
filename, using ``/`` as the path separator. The parent directory name
@@ -216,5 +216,5 @@ support.
d = os.path.dirname(sys.modules[package].__file__)
data = open(os.path.join(d, resource), 'rb').read()
- If the package cannot be located or loaded, or it uses a :pep:`302` loader
+ If the package cannot be located or loaded, or it uses a :term:`loader`
which does not support :func:`get_data`, then ``None`` is returned.