update the import machinery to only use spec

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#65,961 opened on Jun 14, 2014 34 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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interpreter-core topic-importlib type-feature

BPO	21762
Nosy	@warsaw, @brettcannon, @ncoghlan, @ericsnowcurrently, @nanjekyejoannah
Dependencies	bpo-25791: Raise an ImportWarning when spec.parent/package isn't defined for a relative import bpo-42132: Use specs instead of just loader in C code

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assignee = 'https://github.com/brettcannon'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-06-14.21:33:51.833>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature']
title = 'update the import machinery to only use __spec__'
updated_at = <Date 2022-02-04.20:50:24.662>
user = 'https://github.com/ericsnowcurrently'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-02-04.20:50:24.662>
actor = 'brett.cannon'
assignee = 'brett.cannon'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2014-06-14.21:33:51.833>
creator = 'eric.snow'
dependencies = ['25791', '42132']
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 21762
keywords = []
message_count = 13.0
messages = ['220581', '220597', '220606', '220610', '258332', '258357', '258398', '258440', '258443', '258844', '258845', '379490', '412537']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'brett.cannon', 'ncoghlan', 'eric.snow', 'nanjekyejoannah']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'low'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue21762'
versions = ['Python 3.6']

Linked PRs

gh-124377
gh-124380
gh-142046
gh-142055
gh-142165
gh-156053
gh-156123

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