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| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/bltinmodule.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 3? Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #7397: Mention that importlib.import_module() is probably what someone + really wants to be using in __import__'s docstring. + - Issue #8521: Allow CreateKeyEx, OpenKeyEx, and DeleteKeyEx functions of winreg to use named arguments. diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index 60bceb7..2e8d6e2 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ builtin___import__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds) PyDoc_STRVAR(import_doc, "__import__(name, globals={}, locals={}, fromlist=[], level=-1) -> module\n\ \n\ -Import a module. The globals are only used to determine the context;\n\ -they are not modified. The locals are currently unused. The fromlist\n\ +Import a module. Because this function is meant for use by the Python\n\ +interpreter and not for general use it is better to use\n\ +importlib.import_module() to programmatically import a module.\n\ +\n\ +The globals argument is only used to determine the context;\n\ +they are not modified. The locals argument is unused. The fromlist\n\ should be a list of names to emulate ``from name import ...'', or an\n\ empty list to emulate ``import name''.\n\ When importing a module from a package, note that __import__('A.B', ...)\n\ |