[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: move of reload, update new windows-only ssl functions entry.

[R. David Murray]

On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 13:20:48 -0500, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:27 PM, r.david.murray
> <python-checkins at python.org>wrote:
> 
> > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b3f034f5000f
> > changeset:   88884:b3f034f5000f
> > parent:      88882:19d81cc213d7
> > user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
> > date:        Sat Feb 01 12:27:07 2014 -0500
> > summary:
> >   whatsnew: move of reload, update new windows-only ssl functions entry.
> >
> > files:
> >   Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst |  10 ++++++++--
> >   1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
> > --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
> > +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
> > @@ -765,6 +765,10 @@
> >  it will normally be desirable to override the default implementation
> >  for performance reasons.  (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`18072`.)
> >
> > +The :func:`~importlib.reload` function has been moved from :mod:`imp`
> > +to :mod:`importlib`.  The :func:`mod.reload` name is retained for
> > +backward compatibility, but is deprecated.
> > +
> >
> 
> That wording seems confusing to me. It makes it seem like importlib.reload
> is deprecated when in fact it's the imp module itself.

I committed that thinking I'd finished working on that entry, but I
hadn't.  The updated text reads:

    The reload() function has been moved from imp to importlib as part
    of the imp module deprecation.

Is that clearer?

--David