[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

Brett Cannon added the comment: I realized another solution to this is to make the argument positional-only, then the name simply doesn't matter. Probably unnecessary breakage, though. -- versions: +Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

Changes by Berker Peksag : -- stage: needs patch -> patch review type: -> enhancement versions: +Python 3.7 ___ Python tracker

[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

Changes by Sayan Chowdhury : -- pull_requests: +1826 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

Sayan Chowdhury added the comment: I am starting to work on this issue. -- nosy: +sayanchowdhury ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

Brett Cannon added the comment: Another option is to rename 'name' to 'fullname', make 'name' keyword-only, and then raise a DeprecationWarning if 'name' is used, eventually removing the keyword-only argument. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue30274] Make importlib.abc.ExtensionFileLoader.__init__() documentation match code

New submission from Brett Cannon: https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#importlib.machinery.ExtensionFileLoader says "fullname, path" for __init__(), but https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/647c3d381e67490e82cdbbe6c96e46d5e1628ce2/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py#L909 says