Closes #9254: backport __import__ docstring/doc mentions of importlib.

Patch by Éric Araujo.
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R David Murray 2012-07-18 19:44:08 -04:00
parent 0e3755e58a
commit 59488d233b
2 changed files with 8 additions and 11 deletions

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@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ builtin___import__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
PyDoc_STRVAR(import_doc,
"__import__(name, globals={}, locals={}, fromlist=[], level=-1) -> module\n\
\n\
Import a module. The globals are only used to determine the context;\n\
they are not modified. The locals are currently unused. The fromlist\n\
Import a module. Because this function is meant for use by the Python\n\
interpreter and not for general use it is better to use\n\
importlib.import_module() to programmatically import a module.\n\
\n\
The globals argument is only used to determine the context;\n\
they are not modified. The locals argument is unused. The fromlist\n\
should be a list of names to emulate ``from name import ...'', or an\n\
empty list to emulate ``import name''.\n\
When importing a module from a package, note that __import__('A.B', ...)\n\