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Remove more deprecated importlib APIs from Python 3.12 #98040
Description
Issue #97850 is the meta issue tracking removals of long deprecated functions from importlib. This ticket tracks just the removals of the following previously deprecated APIs:
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find_loader() -
find_module() -
impmodule -
importlib.abc.Finder -
pkgutil.ImpImporter -
pkgutil.ImpLoader
Linked PRs
- gh-98040: Remove just the
impmodule #98573 - gh-98040: Move the Single-Phase Init Tests Out of test_imp #102561
- gh-98040: Remove find_loader, find_module and other deprecated APIs #98059
- GH-98040: Suppress cross-references to the removed
impmodule #104131 - gh-98040: Fix importbench: use types.ModuleType() #105743
- [3.12] gh-98040: Fix importbench: use types.ModuleType() (GH-105743) #105754
Activity
warsaw commentedon Oct 7, 2022
Questions:
importlib.abs.PathEntryFinderhas this comment: "We don't define find_spec() here since that would break hasattr checks we do to support backward compatibility." Do we need to definefind_spec()in this ABC?[-]Remove find_module() and find_loader() from Python 3.12[/-][+]Remove find_module(), find_loader(), and NullImporter from Python 3.12[/+][-]Remove find_module(), find_loader(), and NullImporter from Python 3.12[/-][+]Remove more deprecated importlib APIs from Python 3.12[/+]warsaw commentedon Oct 9, 2022
pkgutil.ImpImportercannot be removed since pip 22.2.2 still uses it. This is also going to keeppkgutil.ImpLoaderand theimpmodule around. I'm going to pause work on this branch until there's a pip upstream resolution.pythongh-98040: Remove just the `imp` module
hugovk commentedon Apr 8, 2023
Little reminder: we're a month away from the beta freeze to remove these, or to bump removal to 3.13.
warsaw commentedon Apr 8, 2023
My plan is to complete this work at the 2023 PyCon sprints.
pythongh-98040: Remove just the `imp` module
gh-98040: Move the Single-Phase Init Tests Out of test_imp (gh-102561)
Merge branch 'main' into superopt
gh-98040: Remove just the `imp` module (#98573)
warsaw commentedon Apr 29, 2023
Since the
impmodule was finally removed, I'm going to close this issue. Please refer back to the #97850 as the meta issue for cleaning up the import system cruft.gh-98040: Remove find_loader, find_module and other deprecated APIs (#…
21 remaining items
[Test] Do not use importlib find_module API, removed in Python 3.12 (#…
Replace find_module function
Update git submodules
Fix errors with Python 3.12
bump pre-commit version to work with newer versions of python
Fix 3.11.x version in pyproject
Fix 3.11.x version in pyproject (#4870)
Replace TornadoImporter with TornadoFinder
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Update TornadoImport for newer Python versions
Fix module 'pkgutil' has no attribute '_get_spec'