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``importlib_resources`` is a backport of Python standard library
`importlib.resources
<https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#module-importlib.resources>`_
module for older Pythons.

The key goal of this module is to replace parts of `pkg_resources
<https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html>`_ with a
solution in Python's stdlib that relies on well-defined APIs.  This makes
reading resources included in packages easier, with more stable and consistent
semantics.

Compatibility
=============

New features are introduced in this third-party library and later merged
into CPython. The following table indicates which versions of this library
were contributed to different versions in the standard library:

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - importlib_resources
     - stdlib
   * - 7.1
     - 3.15
   * - 6.0
     - 3.13
   * - 5.12
     - 3.12
   * - 5.7
     - 3.11
   * - 5.0
     - 3.10
   * - 1.3
     - 3.9
   * - 0.5 (?)
     - 3.7

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