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| author | Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> | 2016-12-07 13:02:27 -0800 |
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| committer | Steve Dower <steve.dower@microsoft.com> | 2016-12-07 13:02:27 -0800 |
| commit | 59b9eaed2a82da60cfbe3fddef196d654e6289eb (patch) | |
| tree | df7288c6ee30b78bc48bfbc0f23172eacef418a5 | |
| parent | 684e36b27ccefc80437a6313e03429de5b4b4173 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-59b9eaed2a82da60cfbe3fddef196d654e6289eb.tar.gz | |
Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder
(grafted from 25df9671663b5f8b1560d58d8842f9676f6dffc2)
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/importlib.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/using/windows.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 11 |
4 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 8210a2f170..1fd56983d0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -806,6 +806,10 @@ find and load modules. .. versionadded:: 3.3 + .. deprecated:: 3.6 + Use :mod:`site` configuration instead. Future versions of Python may + not enable this finder by default. + .. class:: PathFinder diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst index 81efbb0c98..3e4b70e8a1 100644 --- a/Doc/using/windows.rst +++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst @@ -823,6 +823,14 @@ non-standard paths in the registry and user site-packages. * Adds ``pythonXX.zip`` as a potential landmark when directly adjacent to the executable. +.. deprecated:: + 3.6 + + Modules specified in the registry under ``Modules`` (not ``PythonPath``) + may be imported by :class:`importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder`. + This finder is enabled on Windows in 3.6.0 and earlier, but may need to + be explicitly added to :attr:`sys.meta_path` in the future. + Additional modules ================== diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst index 527e7429b1..ddca2ef8ca 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst @@ -1938,6 +1938,10 @@ are now deprecated. They were the only remaining implementations of been deprecated in previous versions of Python in favour of :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module`. +The :class:`importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder` class is now +deprecated. As of 3.6.0, it is still added to :attr:`sys.meta_path` by +default (on Windows), but this may change in future releases. + os ~~ @@ -2,6 +2,17 @@ Python News +++++++++++ +What's New in Python 3.6.0 release candidate 2 +============================================== + +*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX* + +Windows +------- + +- Issue #28896: Deprecate WindowsRegistryFinder + + What's New in Python 3.6.0 release candidate 1 ============================================== |