[issue38342] ImportError: cannot import name 'MetadataPathFinder' from 'importlib.metadata'

[Anthony Tuininga]

New submission from Anthony Tuininga <anthony.tuininga at gmail.com>:

Running the suggested code found at https://docs.python.org/3.8/whatsnew/3.8.html regarding the new importlib.metadata module

from importlib.metadata import version, requires, files
version('requests')

yields the error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 365, in version
    return distribution(package).version
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 338, in distribution
    return Distribution.from_name(package)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 159, in from_name
    dists = resolver(name)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1381, in find_distributions
ImportError: cannot import name 'MetadataPathFinder' from 'importlib.metadata' (/usr/local/lib/python3.8/importlib/metadata/__init__.py)

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 353714
nosy: atuining
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: ImportError: cannot import name 'MetadataPathFinder' from 'importlib.metadata'
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.8

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