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Issue #25500: Fix the language reference to not claim that import

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statements search for __import__ in the global scope.

Thanks to Sergei Lebedev for finding the documentation bug.
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Brett Cannon 2015-12-04 14:51:26 -08:00
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Doc/reference/import.rst
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@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ such as the importing of parent packages, and the updating of various caches
a name binding operation. a name binding operation.
When calling :func:`__import__` as part of an import statement, the When calling :func:`__import__` as part of an import statement, the
import system first checks the module global namespace for a function by standard builtin :func:`__import__` is called. Other mechanisms for
that name. If it is not found, then the standard builtin :func:`__import__` invoking the import system (such as :func:`importlib.import_module`) may
is called. Other mechanisms for invoking the import system (such as choose to subvert :func:`__import__` and use its own solution to
:func:`importlib.import_module`) do not perform this check and will always implement import semantics.
use the standard import system.
When a module is first imported, Python searches for the module and if found, When a module is first imported, Python searches for the module and if found,
it creates a module object [#fnmo]_, initializing it. If the named module it creates a module object [#fnmo]_, initializing it. If the named module

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Misc/NEWS
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@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ Library
- Issue #25624: ZipFile now always writes a ZIP_STORED header for directory - Issue #25624: ZipFile now always writes a ZIP_STORED header for directory
entries. Patch by Dingyuan Wang. entries. Patch by Dingyuan Wang.
Documentation
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- Issue #25500: Fix documentation to not claim that __import__ is searched for
in the global scope.
Tests Tests
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