The documentation ofLoazyLoader.factory in the moduleimportlib.util says:

classmethod factory(loader)

Astatic method which returns a callable that creates a lazy loader. This is meant to be used in situations where the loader is passed by class instead of by instance.

The problem is that there is a mixing of wordsclassmethod andstatic method. And thedocumentation defines thestatic method as... Static method objects are created by the built-in staticmethod() constructor.

The source code for the method is:

@classmethoddeffactory(cls,loader):"""Construct a callable which returns the eager loader made lazy."""cls.__check_eager_loader(loader)returnlambda*args,**kwargs:cls(loader(*args,**kwargs))

So, in my opition, "a static method" in the documentation should be corrected to "a class method".

I've created the PR in case the issue is right.

Linked PRs

• gh-101390: Fix docs forimporlib.util.LazyLoader.factory to properly call it a class method #101391
• [3.11] gh-101390: Fix docs forimporlib.util.LazyLoader.factory to properly call it a class method (GH-101391) #101813
• [3.10] gh-101390: Fix docs forimporlib.util.LazyLoader.factory to properly call it a class method (GH-101391) #101814