gh-98040: Remove find_loader, find_module and other deprecated APIs

Doc/library/importlib.rst

@@ -127,28 +127,6 @@ Functions
     .. versionchanged:: 3.3
        Parent packages are automatically imported.
 
-.. function:: find_loader(name, path=None)
-
-   Find the loader for a module, optionally within the specified *path*. If the
-   module is in :attr:`sys.modules`, then ``sys.modules[name].__loader__`` is
-   returned (unless the loader would be ``None`` or is not set, in which case
-   :exc:`ValueError` is raised). Otherwise a search using :attr:`sys.meta_path`
-   is done. ``None`` is returned if no loader is found.
-
-   A dotted name does not have its parents implicitly imported as that requires
-   loading them and that may not be desired. To properly import a submodule you
-   will need to import all parent packages of the submodule and use the correct
-   argument to *path*.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 3.3
-
-   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
-      If ``__loader__`` is not set, raise :exc:`ValueError`, just like when the
-      attribute is set to ``None``.
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.4
-      Use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec` instead.
-
 .. function:: invalidate_caches()
 
    Invalidate the internal caches of finders stored at
@@ -247,7 +225,6 @@ are also provided to help in implementing the core ABCs.
 ABC hierarchy::
 
     object
-     +-- Finder (deprecated)
      +-- MetaPathFinder
      +-- PathEntryFinder
      +-- Loader
@@ -258,36 +235,14 @@ ABC hierarchy::
                                      +-- SourceLoader
 
 
-.. class:: Finder
-
-   An abstract base class representing a :term:`finder`.
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-      Use :class:`MetaPathFinder` or :class:`PathEntryFinder` instead.
-
-   .. abstractmethod:: find_module(fullname, path=None)
-
-      An abstract method for finding a :term:`loader` for the specified
-      module.  Originally specified in :pep:`302`, this method was meant
-      for use in :data:`sys.meta_path` and in the path-based import subsystem.
-
-      .. versionchanged:: 3.4
-         Returns ``None`` when called instead of raising
-         :exc:`NotImplementedError`.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.10
-         Implement :meth:`MetaPathFinder.find_spec` or
-         :meth:`PathEntryFinder.find_spec` instead.
-
-
 .. class:: MetaPathFinder
 
    An abstract base class representing a :term:`meta path finder`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      No longer a subclass of :class:`Finder`.
+      No longer a subclass of :class:`!Finder`.
 
    .. method:: find_spec(fullname, path, target=None)
 
@@ -303,25 +258,6 @@ ABC hierarchy::
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
-   .. method:: find_module(fullname, path)
-
-      A legacy method for finding a :term:`loader` for the specified
-      module.  If this is a top-level import, *path* will be ``None``.
-      Otherwise, this is a search for a subpackage or module and *path*
-      will be the value of :attr:`__path__` from the parent
-      package. If a loader cannot be found, ``None`` is returned.
-
-      If :meth:`find_spec` is defined, backwards-compatible functionality is
-      provided.
-
-      .. versionchanged:: 3.4
-         Returns ``None`` when called instead of raising
-         :exc:`NotImplementedError`. Can use :meth:`find_spec` to provide
-         functionality.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.4
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
    .. method:: invalidate_caches()
 
       An optional method which, when called, should invalidate any internal
@@ -342,7 +278,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-      No longer a subclass of :class:`Finder`.
+      No longer a subclass of :class:`!Finder`.
 
    .. method:: find_spec(fullname, target=None)
 
@@ -356,36 +292,6 @@ ABC hierarchy::
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
-   .. method:: find_loader(fullname)
-
-      A legacy method for finding a :term:`loader` for the specified
-      module.  Returns a 2-tuple of ``(loader, portion)`` where ``portion``
-      is a sequence of file system locations contributing to part of a namespace
-      package. The loader may be ``None`` while specifying ``portion`` to
-      signify the contribution of the file system locations to a namespace
-      package. An empty list can be used for ``portion`` to signify the loader
-      is not part of a namespace package. If ``loader`` is ``None`` and
-      ``portion`` is the empty list then no loader or location for a namespace
-      package were found (i.e. failure to find anything for the module).
-
-      If :meth:`find_spec` is defined then backwards-compatible functionality is
-      provided.
-
-      .. versionchanged:: 3.4
-         Returns ``(None, [])`` instead of raising :exc:`NotImplementedError`.
-         Uses :meth:`find_spec` when available to provide functionality.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.4
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
-   .. method:: find_module(fullname)
-
-      A concrete implementation of :meth:`Finder.find_module` which is
-      equivalent to ``self.find_loader(fullname)[0]``.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.4
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
    .. method:: invalidate_caches()
 
       An optional method which, when called, should invalidate any internal
@@ -881,13 +787,6 @@ find and load modules.
          is no longer valid then ``None`` is returned but no value is cached
          in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache`.
 
-   .. classmethod:: find_module(fullname, path=None)
-
-      A legacy wrapper around :meth:`find_spec`.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.4
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
    .. classmethod:: invalidate_caches()
 
       Calls :meth:`importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.invalidate_caches` on all
@@ -938,13 +837,6 @@ find and load modules.
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
-   .. method:: find_loader(fullname)
-
-      Attempt to find the loader to handle *fullname* within :attr:`path`.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.10
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
    .. method:: invalidate_caches()
 
       Clear out the internal cache.

Doc/library/pkgutil.rst

@@ -48,33 +48,6 @@ support.
    this function to raise an exception (in line with :func:`os.path.isdir`
    behavior).
 
-
-.. class:: ImpImporter(dirname=None)
-
-   :pep:`302` Finder that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
-
-   If *dirname* is a string, a :pep:`302` finder is created that searches that
-   directory.  If *dirname* is ``None``, a :pep:`302` finder is created that
-   searches the current :data:`sys.path`, plus any modules that are frozen or
-   built-in.
-
-   Note that :class:`ImpImporter` does not currently support being used by
-   placement on :data:`sys.meta_path`.
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-      This emulation is no longer needed, as the standard import mechanism
-      is now fully :pep:`302` compliant and available in :mod:`importlib`.
-
-
-.. class:: ImpLoader(fullname, file, filename, etc)
-
-   :term:`Loader <loader>` that wraps Python's "classic" import algorithm.
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-      This emulation is no longer needed, as the standard import mechanism
-      is now fully :pep:`302` compliant and available in :mod:`importlib`.
-
-
 .. function:: find_loader(fullname)
 
    Retrieve a module :term:`loader` for the given *fullname*.

Doc/library/sys.rst

@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ always available.
 
         :term:`Module specs <module spec>` were introduced in Python 3.4, by
         :pep:`451`. Earlier versions of Python looked for a method called
-        :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_module`.
+        :meth:`!find_module`.
         This is still called as a fallback if a :data:`meta_path` entry doesn't
         have a :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method.
 

Doc/library/zipimport.rst

@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ zipimporter Objects
    :exc:`ZipImportError` is raised if *archivepath* doesn't point to a valid ZIP
    archive.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.12
+
+      Methods ``find_loader()`` and ``find_module()``, deprecated in 3.10 are
+      now removed.  Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
+
    .. method:: create_module(spec)
 
       Implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.create_module` that returns
@@ -89,28 +94,6 @@ zipimporter Objects
       .. versionadded:: 3.10
 
 
-   .. method:: find_loader(fullname, path=None)
-
-      An implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_loader`.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.10
-
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
-
-   .. method:: find_module(fullname, path=None)
-
-      Search for a module specified by *fullname*. *fullname* must be the fully
-      qualified (dotted) module name. It returns the zipimporter instance itself
-      if the module was found, or :const:`None` if it wasn't. The optional
-      *path* argument is ignored---it's there for compatibility with the
-      importer protocol.
-
-      .. deprecated:: 3.10
-
-         Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
-
-
    .. method:: find_spec(fullname, target=None)
 
       An implementation of :meth:`importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_spec`.

Doc/reference/import.rst

@@ -324,15 +324,18 @@ modules, and one that knows how to import modules from an :term:`import path`
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.4
    The :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method of meta path
-   finders replaced :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_module`, which
+   finders replaced :meth:`!find_module`, which
    is now deprecated.  While it will continue to work without change, the
    import machinery will try it only if the finder does not implement
    ``find_spec()``.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-   Use of :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_module` by the import system
+   Use of :meth:`!find_module` by the import system
    now raises :exc:`ImportWarning`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.12
+   ``find_module()`` has been removed.  Use :meth:`find_spec` instead.
+
 
 Loading
 =======
@@ -837,7 +840,7 @@ stores finder objects rather than being limited to :term:`importer` objects).
 In this way, the expensive search for a particular :term:`path entry`
 location's :term:`path entry finder` need only be done once.  User code is
 free to remove cache entries from :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` forcing
-the path based finder to perform the path entry search again [#fnpic]_.
+the path based finder to perform the path entry search again.
 
 If the path entry is not present in the cache, the path based finder iterates
 over every callable in :data:`sys.path_hooks`.  Each of the :term:`path entry
@@ -887,21 +890,21 @@ module.  ``find_spec()`` returns a fully populated spec for the module.
 This spec will always have "loader" set (with one exception).
 
 To indicate to the import machinery that the spec represents a namespace
-:term:`portion`, the path entry finder sets "submodule_search_locations" to
+:term:`portion`, the path entry finder sets ``submodule_search_locations`` to
 a list containing the portion.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.4
    :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_spec` replaced
-   :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_loader` and
-   :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_module`, both of which
+   :meth:`!find_loader` and
+   :meth:`!find_module`, both of which
    are now deprecated, but will be used if ``find_spec()`` is not defined.
 
    Older path entry finders may implement one of these two deprecated methods
    instead of ``find_spec()``.  The methods are still respected for the
    sake of backward compatibility.  However, if ``find_spec()`` is
    implemented on the path entry finder, the legacy methods are ignored.
 
-   :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_loader` takes one argument, the
+   :meth:`!find_loader` takes one argument, the
    fully qualified name of the module being imported.  ``find_loader()``
    returns a 2-tuple where the first item is the loader and the second item
    is a namespace :term:`portion`.
@@ -920,10 +923,13 @@ a list containing the portion.
    ``find_loader()`` in preference to ``find_module()``.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.10
-    Calls to :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_module` and
-    :meth:`~importlib.abc.PathEntryFinder.find_loader` by the import
+    Calls to :meth:`!find_module` and
+    :meth:`!find_loader` by the import
     system will raise :exc:`ImportWarning`.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.12
+    ``find_module()`` and ``find_loader()`` have been removed.
+
 
 Replacing the standard import system
 ====================================
@@ -1045,8 +1051,8 @@ The original specification for :data:`sys.meta_path` was :pep:`302`, with
 subsequent extension in :pep:`420`.
 
 :pep:`420` introduced :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>` for
-Python 3.3.  :pep:`420` also introduced the :meth:`find_loader` protocol as an
-alternative to :meth:`find_module`.
+Python 3.3.  :pep:`420` also introduced the :meth:`!find_loader` protocol as an
+alternative to :meth:`!find_module`.
 
 :pep:`366` describes the addition of the ``__package__`` attribute for
 explicit relative imports in main modules.
@@ -1073,9 +1079,3 @@ methods to finders and loaders.
    module may replace itself in :data:`sys.modules`.  This is
    implementation-specific behavior that is not guaranteed to work in other
    Python implementations.
-
-.. [#fnpic] In legacy code, it is possible to find instances of
-   :class:`imp.NullImporter` in the :data:`sys.path_importer_cache`.  It
-   is recommended that code be changed to use ``None`` instead.  See
-   :ref:`portingpythoncode` for more details.  Note that the ``imp`` module
-   was removed in Python 3.12.

Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst

@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ module:
 
 Importer objects must have a single method, ``find_module(fullname,
 path=None)``.  *fullname* will be a module or package name, e.g. ``string`` or
-``distutils.core``.  :meth:`find_module` must return a loader object that has a
+``distutils.core``.  :meth:`!find_module` must return a loader object that has a
 single method, ``load_module(fullname)``, that creates and returns the
 corresponding module object.