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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/imp.rst7
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
index 7e5f8dc..d54bd9d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imp.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
then use :func:`find_module` with the *path* argument set to ``P.__path__``.
When *P* itself has a dotted name, apply this recipe recursively.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.3
+ Use :func:`importlib.find_loader` instead.
+
.. function:: load_module(name, file, pathname, description)
@@ -93,6 +96,10 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
it was not ``None``, even when an exception is raised. This is best done
using a :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`finally` statement.
+ .. deprecated:: 3.3
+ Unneeded as loaders should be used to load modules and
+ :func:`find_module` is deprecated.
+
.. function:: new_module(name)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 83257ab..5458385 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Library
- Issue #14366: Support lzma compression in zip files.
Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
-- Issue #13959: Introduce importlib.find_loader().
+- Issue #13959: Introduce importlib.find_loader() and document
+ imp.find_module/load_module as deprecated.
- Issue #14082: shutil.copy2() now copies extended attributes, if possible.
Patch by Hynek Schlawack.