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Issue #19963: Document that importlib.import_module() will import

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@ -82,10 +82,13 @@ Functions
derived from :func:`importlib.__import__`, including requiring the package
from which an import is occurring to have been previously imported
(i.e., *package* must already be imported). The most important difference
is that :func:`import_module` returns the most nested package or module
that was imported (e.g. ``pkg.mod``), while :func:`__import__` returns the
is that :func:`import_module` returns the specified package or module
(e.g. ``pkg.mod``), while :func:`__import__` returns the
top-level package or module (e.g. ``pkg``).
.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Parent packages are automatically imported.
.. function:: find_loader(name, path=None)
Find the loader for a module, optionally within the specified *path*. If the

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@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ Tests
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #19963: Document that importlib.import_module() no longer requires
importing parent packages separately.
- Issue #18840: Introduce the json module in the tutorial, and deemphasize
the pickle module.