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Issue #16489: Make it clearer that importlib.find_loader() requires

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the user to import any parent packages.
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Brett Cannon 2012-11-17 09:30:55 -05:00
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:exc:`ValueError` is raised). Otherwise a search using :attr:`sys.meta_path`
is done. ``None`` is returned if no loader is found.
A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported. If that is
desired (although not nessarily required to find the loader, it will most
likely be needed if the loader actually is used to load the module), then
you will have to import the packages containing the module prior to calling
this function.
A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported as that requires
loading them and that may not be desired. To properly import a submodule you
will need to import all parent packages of the submodule and use the correct
argument to *path*.
.. function:: invalidate_caches()