[Python-checkins] peps: Discuss implications on existing finders.

eric.smith python-checkins at python.org
Tue May 1 01:29:03 CEST 2012


http://hg.python.org/peps/rev/93e760149759
changeset:   4328:93e760149759
user:        Eric V. Smith <eric at trueblade.com>
date:        Mon Apr 30 19:28:54 2012 -0400
summary:
  Discuss implications on existing finders.

files:
  pep-0420.txt |  4 ++++
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/pep-0420.txt b/pep-0420.txt
--- a/pep-0420.txt
+++ b/pep-0420.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@
 
 There is no impact on PEP 302 "loaders".
 
+If an existing finder is not updated to support returning a string
+from ``find_module``, the only impact is that such a loader will be
+unable to provide portions of a namespace package.
+
 Discussion
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