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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2018-01-24 20:36:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-01-24 20:36:21 (GMT) |
| commit | 6f6eb35f9bee18f54945f09664344f2d118ed89f (patch) | |
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| parent | 789e359f51d2b27bea01b8c6c3bf090aaedf8839 (diff) | |
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bpo-32248 - Implement `ResourceReader` and `get_resource_reader()` for zipimport (#5248)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 0418aa6..20be158 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -328,8 +328,12 @@ importlib.resources This module provides several new APIs and one new ABC for access to, opening, and reading *resources* inside packages. Resources are roughly akin to files inside of packages, but they needn't be actual files on the physical file -system. Module loaders can provide :class:`importlib.abc.ResourceReader` -implementations to support this new module's API. +system. Module loaders can provide a :meth:`get_resource_reader()` function +which returns a :class:`importlib.abc.ResourceReader` instance to support this +new API. Built-in file path loaders and zip file loaders both support this. +(see the PyPI package +`importlib_resources <http://importlib-resources.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ +as a compatible back port for older Python versions). Improved Modules |