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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-01-07 18:57:01 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-01-07 18:57:01 (GMT)
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Normalize some markup.
Use \file{} instead of \code{} for a directory name (Tools/freeze). Consistently use "()" at the end of a function name in running text.
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@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ files), and \var{type} is the file type, which has one of the values
below.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{find_module}{name\, \optional{path}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{find_module}{name\optional{, path}}
Try to find the module \var{name} on the search path \var{path}. If
\var{path} is a list of directory names, each directory is searched
for files with any of the suffixes returned by \code{get_suffixes()}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ is raised. This is best done using a try-finally statement.
\begin{funcdesc}{new_module}{name}
Return a new empty module object called \var{name}. This object is
-{\em not} inserted in \code{sys.modules}.
+\emph{not} inserted in \code{sys.modules}.
\end{funcdesc}
The following constants with integer values, defined in this module,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ The module was found as a built-in module.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{PY_FROZEN}
-The module was found as a frozen module (see \code{init_frozen}).
+The module was found as a frozen module (see \code{init_frozen()}).
\end{datadesc}
The following constant and functions are obsolete; their functionality
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Unused.
\begin{funcdesc}{init_builtin}{name}
Initialize the built-in module called \var{name} and return its module
object. If the module was already initialized, it will be initialized
-{\em again}. A few modules cannot be initialized twice --- attempting
+\emph{again}. A few modules cannot be initialized twice --- attempting
to initialize these again will raise an \code{ImportError} exception.
If there is no
built-in module called \var{name}, \code{None} is returned.
@@ -141,30 +141,30 @@ built-in module called \var{name}, \code{None} is returned.
\begin{funcdesc}{init_frozen}{name}
Initialize the frozen module called \var{name} and return its module
object. If the module was already initialized, it will be initialized
-{\em again}. If there is no frozen module called \var{name},
+\emph{again}. If there is no frozen module called \var{name},
\code{None} is returned. (Frozen modules are modules written in
Python whose compiled byte-code object is incorporated into a
custom-built Python interpreter by Python's \code{freeze} utility.
-See \code{Tools/freeze} for now.)
+See \file{Tools/freeze} for now.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{is_builtin}{name}
Return \code{1} if there is a built-in module called \var{name} which can be
initialized again. Return \code{-1} if there is a built-in module
called \var{name} which cannot be initialized again (see
-\code{init_builtin}). Return \code{0} if there is no built-in module
+\code{init_builtin()}). Return \code{0} if there is no built-in module
called \var{name}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{is_frozen}{name}
-Return \code{1} if there is a frozen module (see \code{init_frozen})
+Return \code{1} if there is a frozen module (see \code{init_frozen()})
called \var{name}, \code{0} if there is no such module.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{load_compiled}{name\, pathname\, file}
+\begin{funcdesc}{load_compiled}{name, pathname, file}
Load and initialize a module implemented as a byte-compiled code file
and return its module object. If the module was already initialized,
-it will be initialized {\em again}. The \var{name} argument is used
+it will be initialized \emph{again}. The \var{name} argument is used
to create or access a module object. The \var{pathname} argument
points to the byte-compiled code file. The \var{file}
argument is the byte-compiled code file, open for reading in binary
@@ -173,10 +173,10 @@ It must currently be a real file object, not a
user-defined class emulating a file.
\end{funcdesc}
-\begin{funcdesc}{load_dynamic}{name\, pathname\, \optional{file}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{load_dynamic}{name, pathname\optional{, file}}
Load and initialize a module implemented as a dynamically loadable
shared library and return its module object. If the module was
-already initialized, it will be initialized {\em again}. Some modules
+already initialized, it will be initialized \emph{again}. Some modules
don't like that and may raise an exception. The \var{pathname}
argument must point to the shared library. The \var{name} argument is
used to construct the name of the initialization function: an external
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ support it.)
\begin{funcdesc}{load_source}{name\, pathname\, file}
Load and initialize a module implemented as a Python source file and
return its module object. If the module was already initialized, it
-will be initialized {\em again}. The \var{name} argument is used to
+will be initialized \emph{again}. The \var{name} argument is used to
create or access a module object. The \var{pathname} argument points
to the source file. The \var{file} argument is the source
file, open for reading as text, from the beginning.
@@ -231,5 +231,6 @@ def __import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None):
A more complete example that implements hierarchical module names and
includes a \code{reload()} function can be found in the standard
-module \code{knee} (which is intended as an example only -- don't rely
-on any part of it being a standard interface).
+module \code{knee}\refstmodindex{knee} (which is intended as an
+example only -- don't rely on any part of it being a standard
+interface).