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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index d2167fb..73aa5d4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. \setindexsubitem{(built-in function)} \begin{funcdesc}{__import__}{name\optional{, globals\optional{, locals\optional{, fromlist}}}} -This function is invoked by the \keyword{import} statement. It -mainly exists so that you can replace it with another -function that has a compatible interface, in order to change the -semantics of the \keyword{import} statement. For examples of why and -how you would do this, see the standard library modules -\module{ihooks} and \module{rexec}. See also the built-in module -\module{imp}, which defines some useful operations out of which you can -build your own \function{__import__()} function. -\stindex{import} -\refstmodindex{ihooks} -\refstmodindex{rexec} -\refbimodindex{imp} +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 semantics of the +\keyword{import} statement. For examples of why and how you would do +this, see the standard library modules +\module{ihooks}\refstmodindex{ihooks} and +\refmodule{rexec}\refstmodindex{rexec}. See also the built-in module +\refmodule{imp}\refbimodindex{imp}, which defines some useful +operations out of which you can build your own +\function{__import__()} function. For example, the statement `\code{import} \code{spam}' results in the following call: |