cpython/Lib/importlib/NOTES
Brett Cannon 2c318a1390 Rewrite the code implementing __import__ for importlib. Now it is much simpler
and relies much more on meta path finders to abstract out various parts of
import.

As part of this the semantics for import_module tightened up and now follow
__import__ much more closely (biggest thing is that the 'package' argument must
now already be imported, else a SystemError is raised).
2009-02-07 01:15:27 +00:00

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* Use rpartition for getting the package of a module.
+ Make sure there is a test for the empty string as acceptable for
__package__.
* Implement PEP 302 protocol for loaders (should just be a matter of testing).
+ Built-in.
+ Frozen.
+ Extension.
+ Source/bytecode.
* Public API left to expose (w/ docs!)
+ abc
- Finder
* find_module
- Loader
* load_module
- (?) Importer(Finder, Loader)
- ResourceLoader(Loader)
* get_data
- InspectLoader(Loader)
* is_package
* get_code
* get_source
- (?) SourceLoader(ResourceLoader)
* source_path
* bytecode_path
* write_bytecode (not abstract)
+ util
- get_module decorator (rename: module_for_loader)
+ machinery
- (?) Chained path hook/finder
- (?) FileFinder
- Extensions importers
* ExtensionFinder
* (?) Loader
- Source/bytecode importers
* SourceFinder
* (?) Loader
- PathFinder
* Write benchmark suite.
* OPTIMIZE!
+ Fast path absolute name.
+ Fast path pulling from sys.modules.
* Bootstrap importlib as implementation of builtins.__import__
* Replace standard library modules.
+ imp
+ py_compile
+ compileall