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| author | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2014-08-04 16:34:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com> | 2014-08-04 16:34:29 (GMT) |
| commit | c468abafc7a8690be365d1eb192c4551b03c2856 (patch) | |
| tree | 08a153d01e9d25755720b11f482731826875bd38 | |
| parent | ae4108612c961990bb2e6498f60e1f41c3993c04 (diff) | |
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#18034: update FAQ to suggest importlib.import_module instead of __import__. Patch by Wouter van Heyst.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/faq/programming.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/ACKS | 1 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst index e383393..13464b9 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst @@ -1925,19 +1925,10 @@ These solutions are not mutually exclusive. __import__('x.y.z') returns <module 'x'>; how do I get z? --------------------------------------------------------- -Try:: - - __import__('x.y.z').y.z - -For more realistic situations, you may have to do something like :: - - m = __import__(s) - for i in s.split(".")[1:]: - m = getattr(m, i) - -See :mod:`importlib` for a convenience function called -:func:`~importlib.import_module`. +Consider using the convenience function :func:`~importlib.import_module` from +:mod:`importlib` instead:: + z = importlib.import_module('x.y.z') When I edit an imported module and reimport it, the changes don't show up. Why does this happen? @@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ Bernhard Herzog Magnus L. Hetland Raymond Hettinger Kevan Heydon +Wouter van Heyst Kelsey Hightower Jason Hildebrand Richie Hindle |