[Python-checkins] bpo-30535: [doc] state that sys.meta_path is not empty by default (GH-94098) (GH-94099)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/331e24455a493b599b397b03762b797c75414f2a
commit: 331e24455a493b599b397b03762b797c75414f2a
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: iritkatriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-06-21T23:04:51+01:00
summary:
bpo-30535: [doc] state that sys.meta_path is not empty by default (GH-94098) (GH-94099)
Co-authored-by: Windson yang <wiwindson at outlook.com>
(cherry picked from commit 6575841266b83f3121c188695c7513e551ade034)
Co-authored-by: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Irit Katriel <1055913+iritkatriel at users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/library/sys.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 5f3b9b5776cb8..7e2468446eb96 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -1087,7 +1087,8 @@ always available.
A list of :term:`meta path finder` objects that have their
:meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` methods called to see if one
- of the objects can find the module to be imported. The
+ of the objects can find the module to be imported. By default, it holds entries
+ that implement Python's default import semantics. The
:meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method is called with at
least the absolute name of the module being imported. If the module to be
imported is contained in a package, then the parent package's :attr:`__path__`
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