Accept keyword arguments for __import__ and doc the addition of the level param from PEP 328.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index ec9bd7b..686db39 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
 \setindexsubitem{(built-in function)}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{__import__}{name\optional{, globals\optional{, locals\optional{, fromlist}}}}
+\begin{funcdesc}{__import__}{name\optional{, globals\optional{, locals\optional{, fromlist\optional{, level}}}}}
   This function is invoked by the \keyword{import}\stindex{import}
   statement.  It mainly exists so that you can replace it with another
   function that has a compatible interface, in order to change the
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
   For example, the statement \samp{import spam} results in the
   following call: \code{__import__('spam',} \code{globals(),}
-  \code{locals(), [])}; the statement \samp{from spam.ham import eggs}
+  \code{locals(), [], -1)}; the statement \samp{from spam.ham import eggs}
   results in \samp{__import__('spam.ham', globals(), locals(),
-  ['eggs'])}.  Note that even though \code{locals()} and
+  ['eggs'], -1)}.  Note that even though \code{locals()} and
   \code{['eggs']} are passed in as arguments, the
   \function{__import__()} function does not set the local variable
   named \code{eggs}; this is done by subsequent code that is generated
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ def my_import(name):
         mod = getattr(mod, comp)
     return mod
 \end{verbatim}
+
+  \var{level} specifies whether to use absolute or relative imports.
+  The default is \code{-1} which indicates both absolute and relative
+  imports will be attempted.  \code{0} means only perform absolute imports.
+  Positive values for \var{level} indicate the number of parent directories
+  to search relative to the directory of the module calling
+  \function{__import__}.
+\versionchanged[The level parameter was added]{2.5}
+\versionchanged[Keyword support for parameters was added]{2.5}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{abs}{x}