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Update Doc/library/importlib.rst
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Doc/library/importlib.metadata.rst
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package metadata. Built in part on Python's import system, this library
intends to replace similar functionality in the `entry point
API`_ and `metadata API`_ of ``pkg_resources``. Along with
:mod:`importlib.resources` in Python 3.7
and newer (backported as `importlib_resources`_ for older versions of
Python), this can eliminate the need to use the older and less efficient
:mod:`importlib.resources` (with new features backported to the
`importlib_resources`_ package), this can eliminate the need to use the older
and less efficient
``pkg_resources`` package.

By "installed package" we generally mean a third-party package installed into
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11 changes: 4 additions & 7 deletions Doc/library/importlib.rst
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.. versionadded:: 3.4

.. versionchanged:: 3.5
Starting in Python 3.6, this method will not be optional when
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
This method is no longer optional when
:meth:`exec_module` is defined.

.. method:: exec_module(module)
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Importing a source file directly
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe
(Python 3.5 and newer only)::
To import a Python source file directly, use the following recipe::

import importlib.util
import sys
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expose most of the import machinery through importlib. The following
helps illustrate the various APIs that importlib exposes by providing an
approximate implementation of
:func:`importlib.import_module` (Python 3.4 and newer for the importlib usage,
Python 3.6 and newer for other parts of the code).
::
:func:`importlib.import_module`::

import importlib.util
import sys
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