This is a meta issue tracking all the things that need to be cleaned up in the import system. From removing long deprecated APIs to migrating internal access to __spec__, we'll have several task lists for each related set of clean ups.
@brettcannon @ericsnowcurrently for visibility.
Removing deprecated APIs
Over in What's New for Python 3.11 there's a long list of things that have been deprecated long enough that they can be removed in Python 3.12. Here's that task list for tracking purposes. Watch for linked PRs (maybe one big one or many small ones -- we'll see!).
@brettcannon @ericsnowcurrently for visibility.
Update docs
Missing deprecations
Here's a list of related APIs that have not yet been deprecated, but should be. We'll deprecate them in 3.12 and remove them in 3.14.
Other:
This is a meta issue tracking all the things that need to be cleaned up in the import system. From removing long deprecated APIs to migrating internal access to
__spec__, we'll have several task lists for each related set of clean ups.@brettcannon @ericsnowcurrently for visibility.
Removing deprecated APIs
Over in What's New for Python 3.11 there's a long list of things that have been deprecated long enough that they can be removed in Python 3.12. Here's that task list for tracking purposes. Watch for linked PRs (maybe one big one or many small ones -- we'll see!).
@brettcannon @ericsnowcurrently for visibility.
importlib.util.set_loader_wrapper()importlib.util.set_package_wrapper()importlib.machinery.BuiltinImporter.find_module()importlib.machinery.BuiltinLoader.module_repr()(3.12: gh-97850: Remove all known instances of module_repr() #97876)importlib.machinery.FileFinder.find_module()importlib.machinery.FrozenImporter.find_module()importlib.machinery.FrozenLoader.module_repr()(3.12: gh-97850: Remove all known instances of module_repr() #97876)importlib.machinery.WindowsRegistryFinder.find_module()pkgutil.ImpImporter(3.12: already deprecated)pkgutil.ImpLoaderimpmodule (3.12: Remove more deprecated importlib APIs from Python 3.12 #98040)importlib.abc.FinderUpdate docs
__main__is initialized?__main__quirks/pitfalls (i.e. copy from PEP 395).Missing deprecations
Here's a list of related APIs that have not yet been deprecated, but should be. We'll deprecate them in 3.12 and remove them in 3.14.
pkgutil.find_loader()pkgutil.get_loader()(or it needs to be reimplemented to not usefind_loader())Other:
find_loaderandget_loaderinpkgutil#98520module_reprmethod #104133importlib.utilfunctions #104134importlib.util.set_loaderandimportlib.util.module_for_loaderhave been removed #108719importlib.util.set_loaderandimportlib.util.module_for_loaderhave been removed (GH-108719) #108723find_loaderandget_loaderfrompkgutil#119656TraversableResourcesas the alternative forResourceLoader. #128601ResourceReaderdocs #128602ResourceReaderdocs (GH-128602) #128654ResourceReaderdocs (GH-128602) #128655TraversableResourcesas the alternative forResourceLoader(GH-128601) #128895TraversableResourcesas the alternative forResourceLoader(GH-128601) #128896importlib.abc.Loader.load_module#129855importlib.abc.Loader.load_module(GH-129855) #130013importlib.abc.Loader.load_module(GH-129855) #130017load_module()from importlib #142205