From 63909cdc2ff4eec58cc2b56426f2c725ccd4ba2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:13:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-37574: Mention helper functions for find_spec documentation (GH-14739) (cherry picked from commit 9cbb97b29eac4b23e916a3233f26b60ac69e335b) Co-authored-by: jdkandersson <51036209+jdkandersson@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/library/importlib.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index cb8360caca5..47e3dd03a68 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ ABC hierarchy:: parent package. If a spec cannot be found, ``None`` is returned. When passed in, ``target`` is a module object that the finder may use to make a more educated guess about what spec to return. + :func:`importlib.util.spec_from_loader` may be useful for implementing + concrete ``MetaPathFinders``. .. versionadded:: 3.4 @@ -323,7 +325,8 @@ ABC hierarchy:: within the :term:`path entry` to which it is assigned. If a spec cannot be found, ``None`` is returned. When passed in, ``target`` is a module object that the finder may use to make a more educated - guess about what spec to return. + guess about what spec to return. :func:`importlib.util.spec_from_loader` + may be useful for implementing concrete ``PathEntryFinders``. .. versionadded:: 3.4