From 70aa1b9b912d8254df3c61ae0a55464962f4c087 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Waygood Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 16:48:44 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gh-92417: `importlib` docs: remove references to unsupported Python versions (GH-92424) Co-authored-by: CAM Gerlach --- Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst | 6 +++--- Doc/library/importlib.rst | 11 ++++------- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst index b3740178d6f9c7..d40ed70d5cd83f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ package metadata. Built in part on Python's import system, this library intends to replace similar functionality in the `entry point API`_ and `metadata API`_ of ``pkg_resources``. Along with -:mod:`importlib.resources` in Python 3.7 -and newer (backported as `importlib_resources`_ for older versions of -Python), this can eliminate the need to use the older and less efficient +:mod:`importlib.resources` (with new features backported to the +`importlib_resources`_ package), this can eliminate the need to use the older +and less efficient ``pkg_resources`` package. By "installed package" we generally mean a third-party package installed into diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 0241fb30b6efb2..f19532213940e2 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ ABC hierarchy:: .. versionadded:: 3.4 - .. versionchanged:: 3.5 - Starting in Python 3.6, this method will not be optional when + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + This method is no longer optional when :meth:`exec_module` is defined. .. method:: exec_module(module) @@ -1273,8 +1273,7 @@ import, then you should use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec`. Importing a source file directly '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe -(Python 3.5 and newer only):: +To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe:: import importlib.util import sys @@ -1355,9 +1354,7 @@ Import itself is implemented in Python code, making it possible to expose most of the import machinery through importlib. The following helps illustrate the various APIs that importlib exposes by providing an approximate implementation of -:func:`importlib.import_module` (Python 3.4 and newer for the importlib usage, -Python 3.6 and newer for other parts of the code). -:: +:func:`importlib.import_module`:: import importlib.util import sys