From 23763168570842deebeb7dd683a619709bd7a467 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 10:12:47 -0700 Subject: Issue #27853: Add section headers to the importlib example docs --- Doc/library/importlib.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 6ee74c9..0d314a7 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -1353,6 +1353,9 @@ an :term:`importer`. Examples -------- +Importing programmatically +'''''''''''''''''''''''''' + To programmatically import a module, use :func:`importlib.import_module`. :: @@ -1360,6 +1363,10 @@ To programmatically import a module, use :func:`importlib.import_module`. itertools = importlib.import_module('itertools') + +Checking if a module can be imported +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + If you need to find out if a module can be imported without actually doing the import, then you should use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec`. :: @@ -1380,6 +1387,10 @@ import, then you should use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec`. # Adding the module to sys.modules is optional. sys.modules[name] = module + +Importing a source file directly +'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe (Python 3.4 and newer only):: @@ -1398,6 +1409,10 @@ To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe # by name later. sys.modules[module_name] = module + +Setting up an importer +'''''''''''''''''''''' + For deep customizations of import, you typically want to implement an :term:`importer`. This means managing both the :term:`finder` and :term:`loader` side of things. For finders there are two flavours to choose from depending on @@ -1428,6 +1443,10 @@ classes defined within this package):: # of priority. sys.path_hooks.append(SpamPathEntryFinder.path_hook(loader_details)) + +Approximating :func:`importlib.import_module` +''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' + Import itself is implemented in Python code, making it possible to expose most of the import machinery through importlib. The following helps illustrate the various APIs that importlib exposes by providing an -- cgit v0.12