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| author | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2012-11-17 14:33:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> | 2012-11-17 14:33:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 10f19812b54c5aa96e33335bed56247be97e0cc8 (patch) | |
| tree | eb33db574a146171b3a98418c8502ed5f63088cc /Doc/library/importlib.rst | |
| parent | ac6ca3dc021d80ae3d4075fd6f4d27942484f743 (diff) | |
| parent | 56b4ca78d8cd30e6f2a1292fa9d7004ef157f68c (diff) | |
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Merge fix for #16489 from 3.3
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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 55bd59e..0369570 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ Functions :exc:`ValueError` is raised). Otherwise a search using :attr:`sys.meta_path` is done. ``None`` is returned if no loader is found. - A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported. If that is - desired (although not nessarily required to find the loader, it will most - likely be needed if the loader actually is used to load the module), then - you will have to import the packages containing the module prior to calling - this function. + A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported as that requires + loading them and that may not be desired. To properly import a submodule you + will need to import all parent packages of the submodule and use the correct + argument to *path*. .. function:: invalidate_caches() |