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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/import.rst b/Doc/c-api/import.rst index 2936f4f..5a083ce 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/import.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/import.rst @@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ Importing Modules .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_GetImporter(PyObject *path) - Return an importer object for a :data:`sys.path`/:attr:`pkg.__path__` item + Return a finder object for a :data:`sys.path`/:attr:`pkg.__path__` item *path*, possibly by fetching it from the :data:`sys.path_importer_cache` dict. If it wasn't yet cached, traverse :data:`sys.path_hooks` until a hook is found that can handle the path item. Return ``None`` if no hook could; - this tells our caller it should fall back to the built-in import mechanism. - Cache the result in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache`. Return a new reference - to the importer object. + this tells our caller that the :term:`path based finder` could not find a + finder for this path item. Cache the result in :data:`sys.path_importer_cache`. + Return a new reference to the finder object. .. c:function:: void _PyImport_Init() |