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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 0369570..6c9c6b3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -364,10 +364,12 @@ ABC hierarchy:: * :meth:`ResourceLoader.get_data` * :meth:`ExecutionLoader.get_filename` Should only return the path to the source file; sourceless - loading is not supported. + loading is not supported (see :class:`SourcelessLoader` if that + functionality is required) The abstract methods defined by this class are to add optional bytecode - file support. Not implementing these optional methods causes the loader to + file support. Not implementing these optional methods (or causing them to + raise :exc:`NotImplementedError`) causes the loader to only work with source code. Implementing the methods allows the loader to work with source *and* bytecode files; it does not allow for *sourceless* loading where only bytecode is provided. Bytecode files are an @@ -407,6 +409,17 @@ ABC hierarchy:: When writing to the path fails because the path is read-only (:attr:`errno.EACCES`), do not propagate the exception. + .. method:: compile_source(data, path) + + Create a code object from Python source. + + The *data* argument can be whatever the :func:`compile` function + supports (i.e. string or bytes). The *path* argument should be + the "path" to where the source code originated from, which can be an + abstract concept (e.g. location in a zip file). + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + .. method:: get_code(fullname) Concrete implementation of :meth:`InspectLoader.get_code`. |