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| author | Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> | 2021-10-20 21:05:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-10-20 21:05:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 876fc7fcec9a79a11546b7588d3683a5ccb4d31c (patch) | |
| tree | 9195e6474ea19461bbc5d9705f05bd2cf8603209 /Misc | |
| parent | 6270d3eeaf17b50abc4f8f4d97790d66179638e4 (diff) | |
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bpo-35673: Add a public alias for namespace package __loader__ attribute (#29049)
Rename namespace package __loader__ class to be public.
Make the old name, i.e. _NamespaceLoader, an alias for the public name, for backward compatibility.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-10-18-18-12-47.bpo-35673.KOkHWe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-10-18-18-12-47.bpo-35673.KOkHWe.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7d6a5f --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-10-18-18-12-47.bpo-35673.KOkHWe.rst @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +Improve the introspectability of the ``__loader__`` attribute for namespace +packages. :class:`importlib.machinery.NamespaceLoader` is now public, and +implements the :class:`importlib.abc.InspectLoader` interface. ``_NamespaceLoader`` +is kept for backward compatibility. |