[issue26896] mix-up with the terms 'importer', 'finder', 'loader' in the import system and related code

[Martin Panter]

Martin Panter added the comment:

Oren: If you have extra changes to make on the same topic, it is probably best to make a new patch that combines both the original changes plus the new changes.

Brett: Since you were responsible for the two dead assignments, your input would be helpful. Perhaps you meant to add extra code and forgot, or perhaps they are just useless and we can remove them.

I skimmed over PEP 302, and it seems it uses the term “importer” more or less to mean what the current glossary terms “finder”. I.e. the first object to help with importing a module. Or maybe it means the system behind both the finder and loader stages, even if one object does not perform both steps. I don’t know much about this, but another option could be to redefine “importer” as it is more generally used.

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