Issue #21156: importlib.abc.InspectLoader.source_to_code() is now a

staticmethod.

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 50f4ee4af8..0adeefb2dc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ ABC hierarchy::
         .. versionchanged:: 3.4
            Raises :exc:`ImportError` instead of :exc:`NotImplementedError`.
 
-    .. method:: source_to_code(data, path='<string>')
+    .. staticmethod:: source_to_code(data, path='<string>')
 
         Create a code object from Python source.
 
@@ -508,8 +508,14 @@ ABC hierarchy::
         the "path" to where the source code originated from, which can be an
         abstract concept (e.g. location in a zip file).
 
+        With the subsequent code object one can execute it in a module by
+        running ``exec(code, module.__dict__)``.
+
         .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+           Made the method static.
+
     .. method:: exec_module(module)
 
        Implementation of :meth:`Loader.exec_module`.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index fbbac037a1..4410de666d 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ Improved Modules
   *module* contains no docstrings instead of raising :exc:`ValueError`
   (contributed by Glenn Jones in :issue:`15916`).
 
+* :func:`importlib.abc.InspectLoader.source_to_code` is now a
+  static method to make it easier to work with source code in a string.
+  With a module object that you want to initialize you can then use
+  ``exec(code, module.__dict__)`` to execute the code in the module.
+
 
 Optimizations
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