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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/importlib.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 82d6d6d..dc29b8a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -275,9 +275,13 @@ ABC hierarchy:: will be the value of :attr:`__path__` from the parent package. If a loader cannot be found, ``None`` is returned. + If :meth:`find_spec` is defined, backwards-compatible functionality is + provided. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Returns ``None`` when called instead of raising - :exc:`NotImplementedError`. + :exc:`NotImplementedError`. Can use :meth:`find_spec` to provide + functionality. .. deprecated:: 3.4 Use :meth:`find_spec` instead. @@ -325,8 +329,12 @@ ABC hierarchy:: ``portion`` is the empty list then no loader or location for a namespace package were found (i.e. failure to find anything for the module). + If :meth:`find_spec` is defined then backwards-compatible functionality is + provided. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Returns ``(None, [])`` instead of raising :exc:`NotImplementedError`. + Uses :meth:`find_spec` when available to provide functionality. .. deprecated:: 3.4 Use :meth:`find_spec` instead. @@ -413,9 +421,13 @@ ABC hierarchy:: :func:`importlib.util.module_for_loader` decorator can handle the details for :attr:`__package__`. + When :meth:`exec_module` is available then backwards-compatible + functionality is provided. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Raise :exc:`ImportError` when called instead of - :exc:`NotImplementedError`. + :exc:`NotImplementedError`. Functionality provided when + :meth:`exec_module` is available. .. deprecated:: 3.4 The recommended API for loading a module is :meth:`exec_module` |