From d11b67fed9f21503ca369e33c917a8038994ce0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jason R. Coombs" <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 09:58:23 -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 e9af4972..9b912f8e 100644
--- a/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
+++ b/importlib_metadata/__init__.py
@@ -775,6 +775,7 @@ def children(self):
         return []
 
     def zip_children(self):
+        # deferred for performance (python/importlib_metadata#502)
         from zipp.compat.overlay import zipfile
 
         zip_path = zipfile.Path(self.root)