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| author | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2016-12-11 15:20:32 -0500 |
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| committer | Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com> | 2016-12-11 15:32:28 -0500 |
| commit | 3dd506f01d48b98aeea9bdbca0105d4c7d8ad538 (patch) | |
| tree | 07b3933bd8651b7ac184736f2a3463a483e4e7b5 /docs/pkg_resources.txt | |
| parent | 2268fb9887cfea2e28e156bd2c8314132261402f (diff) | |
| parent | 5c9406987aacf17d9c004aa1456797e0044306e5 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' into develop-nspkg-alwaysdevelop-nspkg-always
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diff --git a/docs/pkg_resources.txt b/docs/pkg_resources.txt index 7b979ec3..e8412b33 100644 --- a/docs/pkg_resources.txt +++ b/docs/pkg_resources.txt @@ -831,10 +831,9 @@ correspond exactly to the constructor argument names: ``name``, ``module_name``, ``attrs``, ``extras``, and ``dist`` are all available. In addition, the following methods are provided: -``load(require=True, env=None, installer=None)`` - Load the entry point, returning the advertised Python object, or raise - ``ImportError`` if it cannot be obtained. If `require` is a true value, - then ``require(env, installer)`` is called before attempting the import. +``load()`` + Load the entry point, returning the advertised Python object. Effectively + calls ``self.require()`` then returns ``self.resolve()``. ``require(env=None, installer=None)`` Ensure that any "extras" needed by the entry point are available on @@ -846,6 +845,10 @@ addition, the following methods are provided: taking a ``Requirement`` instance and returning a matching importable ``Distribution`` instance or None. +``resolve()`` + Resolve the entry point from its module and attrs, returning the advertised + Python object. Raises ``ImportError`` if it cannot be obtained. + ``__str__()`` The string form of an ``EntryPoint`` is a string that could be passed to ``EntryPoint.parse()`` to produce an equivalent ``EntryPoint``. |
