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Expose _NamespacePath #119668
Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
Currently, _NamespacePath is prefixed as a private type, but since it's exposed, it should be marked as public API. I have a specific case in mind where I want to do an instance check.
I vaguely remember a discussion somewhere with @warsaw where this was mentioned, but I can't find it.
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere
Links to previous discussion of this feature:
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Activity
pythonGH-119668: expose importlib.NamespacePath
warsaw commentedon May 28, 2024
I'll have to look around to see if I can dig up the previous discussion, but +1!
ericvsmith commentedon May 30, 2024
I don't think we thought it should be hidden, rather there was just no reason to expose it. What's the need for accessing it? If it's at all compelling, then I'm +1.
FFY00 commentedon May 30, 2024
For my specific case, I am loading data from a namespace package, or rather, I need to point to the directories containing said data. This could also be solved by
importlib.resourcesinMultiplexedPath, I have opened python/importlib_resources#309 too.GH-119668: expose importlib.machinery.NamespacePath (#119669)
pythonGH-119668: expose importlib.machinery.NamespacePath (python#119669