From 3f78dc17786e0e0290db450e843ac494af0158e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:15:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add comment to protect the deferred import.

---
 importlib_metadata/__init__.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
index d1b0d92d..58bbd95e 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ def origin(self):
         return self._load_json('direct_url.json')
 
     def _load_json(self, filename):
+        # Deferred for performance (python/importlib_metadata#503)
         import json
 
         return pass_none(json.loads)(