* :ref:`improvements <codec-handling-improvements>` in the handling of
codecs that are not text encodings
* :ref:`A ModuleSpec Type <whatsnew-pep-451>` for the Import System
- (:pep:`451`).
+ (:pep:`451`). (Affects importer authors.)
New library modules:
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:pep:`451` provides an encapsulation of the information about a module
-that the import machinery will use to load it, (i.e. a module spec).
+that the import machinery will use to load it (that is, a module specification).
This helps simplify both the import implementation and several
-import-related APIs. The change is also a stepping stone for several
-future import-related improvements.
+import-related APIs. The change is also a stepping stone for `several
+future import-related improvements`__.
-https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130111.html
+__ https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2013-November/130111.html
The public-facing changes from the PEP are entirely backward-compatible.
Furthermore, they should be transparent to everyone but importer