diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/imp.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst index ed4820e..c2dbdc5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/imp.rst +++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst @@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the When *P* itself has a dotted name, apply this recipe recursively. .. deprecated:: 3.3 - Use :func:`importlib.find_loader` instead. + Use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec` instead unless Python 3.3 + compatibility is required, in which case use + :func:`importlib.find_loader`. .. function:: load_module(name, file, pathname, description) @@ -104,9 +106,11 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the .. deprecated:: 3.3 If previously used in conjunction with :func:`imp.find_module` then - call ``load_module()`` on the returned loader. If you wish to load a - module from a specific file, then use one of the file-based loaders found - in :mod:`importlib.machinery`. + consider using :func:`importlib.import_module`, otherwise use the loader + returned by the replacement you chose for :func:`imp.find_module`. If you + called :func:`imp.load_module` and related functions directly then use the + classes in :mod:`importlib.machinery`, e.g. + ``importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, path).load_module()``. .. function:: new_module(name) |