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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-04-19 16:59:16 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-04-19 16:59:16 (GMT) |
| commit | 2fb8a53645e46cf9ab19b1e6c15c6666771c7905 (patch) | |
| tree | b3bfb492c8f3fef8f94051a0b9d2716deb0ae4a2 /Doc/library | |
| parent | f801b0f04cf08d077f648febf4af1b7f94b81dd9 (diff) | |
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#2631: clarify IMPORT_NAME semantics.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/dis.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/dis.rst b/Doc/library/dis.rst index d83ac3d..6d971f5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dis.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dis.rst @@ -630,9 +630,11 @@ the more significant byte last. .. opcode:: IMPORT_NAME (namei) - Imports the module ``co_names[namei]``. The module object is pushed onto the - stack. The current namespace is not affected: for a proper import statement, a - subsequent ``STORE_FAST`` instruction modifies the namespace. + Imports the module ``co_names[namei]``. TOS and TOS1 are popped and provide + the *fromlist* and *level* arguments of :func:`__import__`. The module + object is pushed onto the stack. The current namespace is not affected: + for a proper import statement, a subsequent ``STORE_FAST`` instruction + modifies the namespace. .. opcode:: IMPORT_FROM (namei) |