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…tions()Add documentation for the distributions() function, Distribution.discover() method,and DistributionFinder classes that were missing from the importlib.metadatadocumentation despite being part of the public API.
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Summary of Changes
Add documentation for:
These items were part of the public API (included in
__all__
) but were missing from the documentation. The PR adds proper documentation for these items in the same style as the existing documentation, including descriptions of parameters and return values.Issue Details
The issue was reported ingh-134740 where it was noted that importlib.metadata.distributions() is not listed in the documentation despite being in
__all__
and referred to in the docstrings for several other module items. The DistributionFinder and DistributionFinder.Context classes were also missing from the documentation.Changes Made
Related Issues
Closes#134740
Related to#134740
importlib.metadata.distributions()
#134740📚 Documentation preview 📚:https://cpython-previews--134749.org.readthedocs.build/