[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

Changes by Brett Cannon : -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Uns

[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 8e390e4784b0 by Brett Cannon in branch 'default': Issue #17176: Document that imp.NullImporter is no longer inserted http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8e390e4784b0 New changeset e470370b4701 by Brett Cannon in branch '3.3': Issue #17176: Document tha

[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

Brett Cannon added the comment: The docs for NullImporter need to not mention that it is used with sys.path_importer_cache since it isn't. As for sys.path_importer_cache, it should say that None is inserted and not NullImporter. Both need a versionchanged notation of the switch from None to Nu

[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

Andreas Pelme added the comment: This seems like an oversight from http://bugs.python.org/issue15473 The release notes for 3.3 added a note about this: "Because None is now inserted into sys.path_importer_cache, if you are clearing out entries in the dictionary of paths that do not have a find

[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

Changes by Ezio Melotti : -- keywords: +easy nosy: +ezio.melotti type: -> enhancement ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mai

[issue17176] Document imp.NullImporter is NOT used anymore by import

New submission from Brett Cannon: imp.NullImporter should not be claiming that it is still used to fill sys.path_importer_cache on misses. -- assignee: brett.cannon components: Documentation messages: 181846 nosy: brett.cannon priority: normal severity: normal stage: needs patch status: