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diff --git a/docs/setuptools.txt b/docs/setuptools.txt index ec58b754..c37b7ec5 100644 --- a/docs/setuptools.txt +++ b/docs/setuptools.txt @@ -2193,7 +2193,7 @@ Metadata and options are set in the config sections of the same name. * In some cases, complex values can be provided in dedicated subsections for clarity. -* Some keys allow ``file:``, ``attr:``, and ``find:`` and ``find_namespace:`` directives in +* Some keys allow ``file:``, ``attr:``, ``find:``, and ``find_namespace:`` directives in order to cover common usecases. * Unknown keys are ignored. @@ -2290,6 +2290,12 @@ Special directives: * ``attr:`` - Value is read from a module attribute. ``attr:`` supports callables and iterables; unsupported types are cast using ``str()``. + + In order to support the common case of a literal value assigned to a variable + in a module containing (directly or indirectly) third-party imports, + ``attr:`` first tries to read the value from the module by examining the + module's AST. If that fails, ``attr:`` falls back to importing the module. + * ``file:`` - Value is read from a list of files and then concatenated |