Remove deprecated zipimport.zipimporter.load_module

Author: Wulian233

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.15.rst

@@ -96,9 +96,3 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.15
     and :meth:`~wave.Wave_read.getmarkers` methods of
     the :class:`~wave.Wave_read` and :class:`~wave.Wave_write` classes
     have been deprecated since Python 3.13.
-
-* :mod:`zipimport`:
-
-  * :meth:`~zipimport.zipimporter.load_module` has been deprecated since
-    Python 3.10. Use :meth:`~zipimport.zipimporter.exec_module` instead.
-    (Contributed by Jiahao Li in :gh:`125746`.)

Doc/library/zipimport.rst

@@ -142,17 +142,6 @@ zipimporter Objects
       :exc:`ZipImportError` if the module couldn't be found.
 
 
-   .. method:: load_module(fullname)
-
-      Load the module specified by *fullname*. *fullname* must be the fully
-      qualified (dotted) module name. Returns the imported module on success,
-      raises :exc:`ZipImportError` on failure.
-
-      .. deprecated-removed:: 3.10 3.15
-
-         Use :meth:`exec_module` instead.
-
-
    .. method:: invalidate_caches()
 
       Clear out the internal cache of information about files found within

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -115,10 +115,13 @@ Deprecated
 Removed
 =======
 
-module_name
------------
+zipimport
+---------
 
-* TODO
+* Remove deprecated :meth:`!zipimport.zipimporter.load_module`.
+  They had previously raised a :exc:`DeprecationWarning` since Python 3.10.
+  Use :meth:`zipimport.zipimporter.exec_module` instead.
+  (Contributed by Jiahao Li in :gh:`133656`.)
 
 
 Porting to Python 3.15

Lib/test/test_zipimport.py

@@ -556,13 +556,6 @@ def testZipImporterMethods(self):
         self.assertEqual(zi.archive, TEMP_ZIP)
         self.assertTrue(zi.is_package(TESTPACK))
 
-        # PEP 302
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-
-            mod = zi.load_module(TESTPACK)
-            self.assertEqual(zi.get_filename(TESTPACK), mod.__file__)
-
         # PEP 451
         spec = zi.find_spec('spam')
         self.assertIsNotNone(spec)
@@ -675,11 +668,6 @@ def testZipImporterMethodsInSubDirectory(self):
         self.assertEqual(zi.archive, TEMP_ZIP)
         self.assertEqual(zi.prefix, packdir)
         self.assertTrue(zi.is_package(TESTPACK2))
-        # PEP 302
-        with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-            mod = zi.load_module(TESTPACK2)
-            self.assertEqual(zi.get_filename(TESTPACK2), mod.__file__)
         # PEP 451
         spec = zi.find_spec(TESTPACK2)
         mod = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
@@ -1069,9 +1057,6 @@ def _testBogusZipFile(self):
         z = zipimport.zipimporter(TESTMOD)
 
         try:
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-                self.assertRaises(TypeError, z.load_module, None)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, z.find_module, None)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, z.find_spec, None)
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, z.exec_module, None)
@@ -1082,10 +1067,6 @@ def _testBogusZipFile(self):
 
             error = zipimport.ZipImportError
             self.assertIsNone(z.find_spec('abc'))
-
-            with warnings.catch_warnings():
-                warnings.simplefilter("ignore", DeprecationWarning)
-                self.assertRaises(error, z.load_module, 'abc')
             self.assertRaises(error, z.get_code, 'abc')
             self.assertRaises(OSError, z.get_data, 'abc')
             self.assertRaises(error, z.get_source, 'abc')

Lib/zipimport.py

@@ -210,52 +210,6 @@ def is_package(self, fullname):
         return mi
 
 
-    # Load and return the module named by 'fullname'.
-    def load_module(self, fullname):
-        """load_module(fullname) -> module.
-
-        Load the module specified by 'fullname'. 'fullname' must be the
-        fully qualified (dotted) module name. It returns the imported
-        module, or raises ZipImportError if it could not be imported.
-
-        Deprecated since Python 3.10. Use exec_module() instead.
-        """
-        import warnings
-        warnings._deprecated("zipimport.zipimporter.load_module",
-                             f"{warnings._DEPRECATED_MSG}; "
-                             "use zipimport.zipimporter.exec_module() instead",
-                             remove=(3, 15))
-        code, ispackage, modpath = _get_module_code(self, fullname)
-        mod = sys.modules.get(fullname)
-        if mod is None or not isinstance(mod, _module_type):
-            mod = _module_type(fullname)
-            sys.modules[fullname] = mod
-        mod.__loader__ = self
-
-        try:
-            if ispackage:
-                # add __path__ to the module *before* the code gets
-                # executed
-                path = _get_module_path(self, fullname)
-                fullpath = _bootstrap_external._path_join(self.archive, path)
-                mod.__path__ = [fullpath]
-
-            if not hasattr(mod, '__builtins__'):
-                mod.__builtins__ = __builtins__
-            _bootstrap_external._fix_up_module(mod.__dict__, fullname, modpath)
-            exec(code, mod.__dict__)
-        except:
-            del sys.modules[fullname]
-            raise
-
-        try:
-            mod = sys.modules[fullname]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise ImportError(f'Loaded module {fullname!r} not found in sys.modules')
-        _bootstrap._verbose_message('import {} # loaded from Zip {}', fullname, modpath)
-        return mod
-
-
     def get_resource_reader(self, fullname):
         """Return the ResourceReader for a module in a zip file."""
         from importlib.readers import ZipReader

Misc/NEWS.d/3.14.0a6.rst

@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ Patch by Semyon Moroz.
 .. nonce: wDLTay
 .. section: Library
 
-Delay deprecated :meth:`zipimport.zipimporter.load_module` removal time to
+Delay deprecated :meth:`!zipimport.zipimporter.load_module` removal time to
 3.15. Use :meth:`zipimport.zipimporter.exec_module` instead.
 
 ..

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-08-20-45-35.gh-issue-133656.cxZODA.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Remove deprecated :meth:`!zipimport.zipimporter.load_module`. Use
+:meth:`zipimport.zipimporter.exec_module` instead.