Commit 16248a49 authored by Brett Cannon's avatar Brett Cannon

Add some clarification to the importlib docs.

parent 91d7dfd7
......@@ -169,13 +169,11 @@ are also provided to help in implementing the core ABCs.
An abstract method to return the bytes for the data located at *path*.
Loaders that have a file-like storage back-end
that allows storing arbitrary data (e.g. a zip archive loader)
that allows storing arbitrary data
can implement this abstract method to give direct access
to the data stored. :exc:`IOError` is to be raised if the *path* cannot
be found. The *path* is expected to be constructed using a module's
:attr:`__path__` attribute or an item from :attr:`__path__`.
.. XXX What's the difference between the latter two? (Maybe one is __file__?)
.. XXX Could use a clarification so as not to depend on PEP 302.
:attr:`__file__` attribute or an item from a package's :attr:`__path__`.
.. class:: InspectLoader
......@@ -380,4 +378,10 @@ an :term:`importer`.
Note that the module returned by the loader is what has the attribute
set on and not the module found in :data:`sys.modules`.
Reliance on this decorator is discouraged when it is possible to set
:attr:`__package__` before the execution of the code is possible. By
setting it before the code for the module is executed it allows the
attribute to be used at the global level of the module during
initialization.
.. XXX This whole chapter desperately needs examples...
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