[Python-checkins] cpython: Clarify importlib.machinery.PathFinder's difference from what __import__() does.

brett.cannon python-checkins at python.org
Tue Mar 6 21:33:32 CET 2012


http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/139d90ed368d
changeset:   75462:139d90ed368d
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Fri Mar 02 12:10:48 2012 -0500
summary:
  Clarify importlib.machinery.PathFinder's difference from what __import__() does.

files:
  Doc/library/importlib.rst |  4 +++-
  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -477,7 +477,9 @@
 
     This class does not perfectly mirror the semantics of :keyword:`import` in
     terms of :data:`sys.path`. No implicit path hooks are assumed for
-    simplification of the class and its semantics.
+    simplification of the class and its semantics. This implies that when
+    ``None`` is found in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` that it is simply
+    ignored instead of implying a default finder.
 
     Only class methods are defined by this class to alleviate the need for
     instantiation.

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython


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