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bpo-44246: Update What's New for importlib.metadata.
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Fix broken reference in entry-points.
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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1039,11 +1039,17 @@ and will be incorrect in some rare cases, including some ``_``-s in
importlib.metadata
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Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 3.7.
Feature parity with ``importlib_metadata`` 4.2
(`history <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/history.html>`_).

:func:`importlib.metadata.entry_points` now provides a nicer experience
:ref:`importlib.metadata entry points <entry-points>`
now provides a nicer experience
for selecting entry points by group and name through a new
:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class.
:class:`importlib.metadata.EntryPoints` class. See the Compatibility
Note in the docs for more info on the deprecation and usage.
Incidentally, these changes also removed access by index on the
result of :func:`importlib.metadata.Distribution.entry_points`
(see :issue:`44246` for more detail).

Added :func:`importlib.metadata.packages_distributions` for resolving
top-level Python modules and packages to their
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