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authorSaniya Maheshwari <saniya.mah@gmail.com>2022-06-12 16:02:35 +0530
committerSaniya Maheshwari <saniya.mah@gmail.com>2022-06-12 16:06:53 +0530
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Fix up subsections of the "Entry Points for Plugins" section
- Convert the `importlib.metadata` subsection into a Tip. - Remove the 'Summary' subsection header.
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@@ -481,23 +481,18 @@ where entry points can only refer to functions. The syntax used for specifying t
entry points remains the same as for console/GUI scripts, and is discussed in the
`last section <#entry-points-syntax>`_.
-importlib.metadata
-------------------
+.. tip::
+ The recommended approach for loading and importing entry points is the
+ :mod:`importlib.metadata` module,
+ which is a part of the standard library since Python 3.8. For older versions of
+ Python, its backport :pypi:`importlib_metadata` should be used. While using the
+ backport, the only change that has to be made is to replace ``importlib.metadata``
+ with ``importlib_metadata``, i.e.
-The recommended approach for loading and importing entry points is the
-:mod:`importlib.metadata` module,
-which is a part of the standard library since Python 3.8. For older versions of
-Python, its backport :pypi:`importlib_metadata` should be used. While using the
-backport, the only change that has to be made is to replace ``importlib.metadata``
-with ``importlib_metadata``, i.e.
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
- from importlib_metadata import entry_points
- ...
+ .. code-block:: python
-Summary
--------
+ from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+ ...
In summary, entry points allow a package to open its functionalities for
customization via plugins.