Documentation

The glossary entry for loader explains it as

An object that loads a module. It must define a method named load_module().

However, the Loader API marks load_module() as

Deprecated since version 3.4

in favor of exec_module() and create_module().

Linked PRs

• gh-129044: Update glossary entry for 'loader' to reflect current import system #129073
• [3.13] gh-129044: Update glossary entry for 'loader' to reflect current import system (GH-129073) #129077
• [3.12] gh-129044: Update glossary entry for 'loader' to reflect current import system (#129073) #129130