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Title: Document which importlib.machinery loaders don't require an argument for load_module()
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: brett.cannon Nosy List: brett.cannon, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2014-05-05 13:38 by brett.cannon, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg217922 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2014-05-05 13:38
Multiple loaders don't require an argument for load_module() because the module name is provided as part of instance initialization. As such it doesn't hurt to document this fact to help shorten manual calls to the instances as when people do when transitioning off of the imp module.
msg218173 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2014-05-09 15:56
New changeset 86042348b38a by Brett Cannon in branch '3.4':
Issue #21438: Document what loaders don't require a module name for
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/86042348b38a

New changeset e9453f6fa787 by Brett Cannon in branch 'default':
Merge for issue #21438
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e9453f6fa787
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:03adminsetgithub: 65637
2014-05-09 15:56:26brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
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