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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst index 581db4f..8b6637b 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst @@ -1039,11 +1039,17 @@ and will be incorrect in some rare cases, including some ``_``-s in importlib.metadata ------------------ -Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 3.7. +Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.2 +(`history <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_). -:func:`importlib.metadata.entry_points` now provides a nicer experience +:ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <entry-points>` +now provides a nicer experience for selecting entry points by group and name through a new -:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. +:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. See the Compatibility +Note in the docs for more info on the deprecation and usage. +Incidentally, these changes also removed access by index on the +result of :func:`importlib.metadata.Distribution.entry_points` +(see :issue:`44246` for more detail). Added :func:`importlib.metadata.packages_distributions` for resolving top-level Python modules and packages to their |