[Python-checkins] cpython (3.3): Issue #20488: Update docs to say importlib is *the* implementaiton of

brett.cannon python-checkins at python.org
Thu Feb 6 15:50:07 CET 2014


http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cc08bf665dea
changeset:   88993:cc08bf665dea
branch:      3.3
parent:      88989:82d374a9bbc7
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Thu Feb 06 09:46:08 2014 -0500
summary:
  Issue #20488: Update docs to say importlib is *the* implementaiton of
import and not *an* implementation.

files:
  Doc/library/importlib.rst |  14 ++++++++------
  Misc/NEWS                 |   3 +++
  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-:mod:`importlib` -- An implementation of :keyword:`import`
-==========================================================
+:mod:`importlib` -- The implementation of :keyword:`import`
+===========================================================
 
 .. module:: importlib
-   :synopsis: An implementation of the import machinery.
+   :synopsis: The implementation of the import machinery.
 
 .. moduleauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
 .. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@
 Introduction
 ------------
 
-The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide an
+The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide the
 implementation of the :keyword:`import` statement (and thus, by extension, the
 :func:`__import__` function) in Python source code. This provides an
 implementation of :keyword:`import` which is portable to any Python
-interpreter. This also provides a reference implementation which is easier to
+interpreter. This also provides an implementation which is easier to
 comprehend than one implemented in a programming language other than Python.
 
 Two, the components to implement :keyword:`import` are exposed in this
 package, making it easier for users to create their own custom objects (known
 generically as an :term:`importer`) to participate in the import process.
-Details on custom importers can be found in :pep:`302`.
 
 .. seealso::
 
@@ -53,6 +52,9 @@
     :pep:`366`
         Main module explicit relative imports
 
+    :pep:`451`
+        A ModuleSpec Type for the Import System
+
     :pep:`3120`
         Using UTF-8 as the Default Source Encoding
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Issue #20488: Importlib is no longer *an* implementation of import, it's *the*
+  implementation.
+
 - Issue #20265: Updated some parts of the Using Windows document.
 
 - Issue #20266: Updated some parts of the Windows FAQ.

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