-:mod:`importlib` -- An implementation of :keyword:`import`
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+:mod:`importlib` -- The implementation of :keyword:`import`
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.. module:: importlib
- :synopsis: An implementation of the import machinery.
+ :synopsis: The implementation of the import machinery.
.. moduleauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
.. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
Introduction
------------
-The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide an
+The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide the
implementation of the :keyword:`import` statement (and thus, by extension, the
:func:`__import__` function) in Python source code. This provides an
implementation of :keyword:`import` which is portable to any Python
-interpreter. This also provides a reference implementation which is easier to
+interpreter. This also provides an implementation which is easier to
comprehend than one implemented in a programming language other than Python.
Two, the components to implement :keyword:`import` are exposed in this
package, making it easier for users to create their own custom objects (known
generically as an :term:`importer`) to participate in the import process.
-Details on custom importers can be found in :pep:`302`.
.. seealso::
:pep:`366`
Main module explicit relative imports
+ :pep:`451`
+ A ModuleSpec Type for the Import System
+
:pep:`3120`
Using UTF-8 as the Default Source Encoding