From: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 22:13:38 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: Issue #28424: Document pkgutil.get_data() doesn't work with namespace packages.
X-Git-Tag: v3.5.3rc1~67
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Issue #28424: Document pkgutil.get_data() doesn't work with namespace packages.

Thanks to Douglas Greiman for the patch.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
index abeac62952df..b9e76f7ba3fc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pkgutil.rst
@@ -219,4 +219,6 @@ support.
 
    If the package cannot be located or loaded, or it uses a :term:`loader`
    which does not support :meth:`get_data <importlib.abc.ResourceLoader.get_data>`,
-   then ``None`` is returned.
+   then ``None`` is returned.  In particular, the :term:`loader` for
+   :term:`namespace packages <namespace package>` does not support
+   :meth:`get_data <importlib.abc.ResourceLoader.get_data>`.