[3.12] gh-112419: Document removal of sys.meta_path's 'find_module' f…

…allback (GH-112421) (#113934) (cherry picked from commit ec23e90) Co-authored-by: AN Long <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <[email protected]>
python · Jan 11, 2024 · 5c23822 · 5c23822
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@@ -1254,10 +1254,13 @@ always available.
     .. versionchanged:: 3.4
 
         :term:`Module specs <module spec>` were introduced in Python 3.4, by
-        :pep:`451`. Earlier versions of Python looked for a method called
-        :meth:`!find_module`.
-        This is still called as a fallback if a :data:`meta_path` entry doesn't
-        have a :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method.
+        :pep:`451`.
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
+
+        Removed the fallback that looked for a :meth:`!find_module` method
+        if a :data:`meta_path` entry didn't have a
+        :meth:`~importlib.abc.MetaPathFinder.find_spec` method.
 
 .. data:: modules