Allow 'dists' to be any iterable. Closes #122.

Author: jaraco

importlib_metadata/__init__.py

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def from_name(cls, name):
         """
         for resolver in cls._discover_resolvers():
             dists = resolver(DistributionFinder.Context(name=name))
-            dist = next(dists, None)
+            dist = next(iter(dists), None)
             if dist is not None:
                 return dist
         else:

importlib_metadata/docs/changelog.rst

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ v1.6.1
 * Ensure inputs to FastPath are Unicode. Closes #121.
 * Tests now rely on ``importlib.resources.files`` (and
   backport) instead of the older ``path`` function.
+* Support any iterable from ``find_distributions``.
+  Closes #122.
 
 v1.6.0
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