Remove cached property and disallow_dist.

Author: jaraco

Lib/importlib/metadata/__init__.py

@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def attr(self) -> str:
     def extras(self) -> list[str]:
         return re.findall(r'\w+', self._match.extras or '')
 
-    @functools.cached_property
+    @property
     def _match(self) -> _EntryPointMatch:
         match = self.pattern.match(self.value)
         if not match:
@@ -265,26 +265,9 @@ def matches(self, **params):
         >>> ep.matches(attr='bong')
         True
         """
-        self._disallow_dist(params)
         attrs = (getattr(self, param) for param in params)
         return all(map(operator.eq, params.values(), attrs))
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _disallow_dist(params):
-        """
-        Querying by dist is not allowed (dist objects are not comparable).
-        >>> EntryPoint(name='fan', value='fav', group='fag').matches(dist='foo')
-        Traceback (most recent call last):
-        ...
-        ValueError: "dist" is not suitable for matching...
-        """
-        if "dist" in params:
-            raise ValueError(
-                '"dist" is not suitable for matching. '
-                "Instead, use Distribution.entry_points.select() on a "
-                "located distribution."
-            )
-
     def _key(self):
         return self.name, self.value, self.group