[Python-checkins] [3.9] bpo-43958: Document importlib.metadata.PackagePath.locate method (GH-25669) (GH-27221)
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commit: 049e98b2b74cdcd462f31720c24ab6ebff599d9f
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-07-17T19:53:00-07:00
summary:
[3.9] bpo-43958: Document importlib.metadata.PackagePath.locate method (GH-25669) (GH-27221)
(cherry picked from commit b38b2fa0218911ccc20d576ff504f39c9c9d47ec)
Co-authored-by: Paul Moore <p.f.moore at gmail.com>
Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:jaraco
files:
M Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
index 9bf34047ddaec..1f73017e05ced 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Distribution files
You can also get the full set of files contained within a distribution. The
``files()`` function takes a distribution package name and returns all of the
files installed by this distribution. Each file object returned is a
-``PackagePath``, a :class:`pathlib.Path` derived object with additional ``dist``,
+``PackagePath``, a :class:`pathlib.PurePath` derived object with additional ``dist``,
``size``, and ``hash`` properties as indicated by the metadata. For example::
>>> util = [p for p in files('wheel') if 'util.py' in str(p)][0] # doctest: +SKIP
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@ Once you have the file, you can also read its contents::
return s.encode('utf-8')
return s
+You can also use the ``locate`` method to get a the absolute path to the
+file::
+
+ >>> util.locate() # doctest: +SKIP
+ PosixPath('/home/gustav/example/lib/site-packages/wheel/util.py')
+
In the case where the metadata file listing files
(RECORD or SOURCES.txt) is missing, ``files()`` will
return ``None``. The caller may wish to wrap calls to
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