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+:func:`importlib.resources.path` now works for :term:`package`\ s missing the optional :attr:`__file__` attribute (more specifically, packages whose :attr:`__spec__`\ ``.``\ :attr:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec.origin` :keyword:`is` :data:`None`).
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