From 6673723baa487e447135815e8aaf1bb41aa963bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 03:49:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] GH-109653: Defer import of ``importlib.metadata._adapters``
 (python/cpython#109829)

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Co-authored-by: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 5 ++++-
 newsfragments/+.feature.rst    | 1 +
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 newsfragments/+.feature.rst

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index 32ee3b4d..f4c75941 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import posixpath
 import collections
 
-from . import _adapters, _meta
+from . import _meta
 from .compat import py39
 from ._collections import FreezableDefaultDict, Pair
 from ._compat import (
@@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ def metadata(self) -> _meta.PackageMetadata:
         Custom providers may provide the METADATA file or override this
         property.
         """
+        # deferred for performance (python/cpython#109829)
+        from . import _adapters
+
         opt_text = (
             self.read_text('METADATA')
             or self.read_text('PKG-INFO')
diff --git a/newsfragments/+.feature.rst b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..26618684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/newsfragments/+.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deferred select imports in for speedup (python/cpython#109829).