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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/importlib.rst | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index e2c826c..a81ccfd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ -:mod:`importlib` -- An implementation of :keyword:`import` -========================================================== +:mod:`importlib` -- The implementation of :keyword:`import` +=========================================================== .. module:: importlib - :synopsis: An implementation of the import machinery. + :synopsis: The implementation of the import machinery. .. moduleauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> .. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> @@ -13,17 +13,16 @@ Introduction ------------ -The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide an +The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide the implementation of the :keyword:`import` statement (and thus, by extension, the :func:`__import__` function) in Python source code. This provides an implementation of :keyword:`import` which is portable to any Python -interpreter. This also provides a reference implementation which is easier to +interpreter. This also provides an implementation which is easier to comprehend than one implemented in a programming language other than Python. Two, the components to implement :keyword:`import` are exposed in this package, making it easier for users to create their own custom objects (known generically as an :term:`importer`) to participate in the import process. -Details on custom importers can be found in :pep:`302`. .. seealso:: @@ -53,6 +52,9 @@ Details on custom importers can be found in :pep:`302`. :pep:`366` Main module explicit relative imports + :pep:`451` + A ModuleSpec Type for the Import System + :pep:`3120` Using UTF-8 as the Default Source Encoding @@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ Build Documentation ------------- +- Issue #20488: Change wording to say importlib is *the* implementation of + import instead of just *an* implementation. + - Issue #6386: Clarify in the tutorial that specifying a symlink to execute means the directory containing the executed script and not the symlink is added to sys.path. |