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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/pkgutil.rst | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 5 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst index 0aee4e7..f85bb0b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst +++ b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst @@ -139,8 +139,13 @@ support. *prefix* is a string to output on the front of every module name on output. .. note:: - Only works for importers which define a ``iter_modules()`` method, which - is non-standard but implemented by classes defined in this module. + Only works wtih a :term:`loader` which defines a ``iter_modules()`` + method, which is non-standard but implemented by classes defined in this + module. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + As of Python 3.3, the import system provides loaders by default, but they + do not include the ``iter_modules()`` method required by this function. .. function:: walk_packages(path=None, prefix='', onerror=None) @@ -171,8 +176,12 @@ support. walk_packages(ctypes.__path__, ctypes.__name__ + '.') .. note:: - Only works for importers which define a ``iter_modules()`` method, which - is non-standard but implemented by classes defined in this module. + Only works for a :term:`loader` which define a ``iter_modules()`` method, + which is non-standard but implemented by classes defined in this module. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + As of Python 3.3, the import system provides loaders by default, but they + do not include the ``iter_modules()`` method required by this function. .. function:: get_data(package, resource) @@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ Tools/Demos Documentation ------------- +- Issue #15288: Link to the term "loader" in notes in pkgutil about how things + won't work as expected in Python 3.3 and mark the requisite functions as + "changed" since they will no longer work with modules directly imported by + import itself. + - Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or execfile(). |