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diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst index 65a6850..8be6172 100644 --- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -1433,13 +1433,18 @@ an :term:`importer`. ``importlib.util.resolve_name('sys', __package__)`` without doing a check to see if the **package** argument is needed. - :exc:`ValueError` is raised if **name** is a relative module name but - package is a false value (e.g. ``None`` or the empty string). - :exc:`ValueError` is also raised a relative name would escape its containing + :exc:`ImportError` is raised if **name** is a relative module name but + **package** is a false value (e.g. ``None`` or the empty string). + :exc:`ImportError` is also raised a relative name would escape its containing package (e.g. requesting ``..bacon`` from within the ``spam`` package). .. versionadded:: 3.3 + .. versionchanged:: 3.9 + To improve consistency with import statements, raise + :exc:`ImportError` instead of :exc:`ValueError` for invalid relative + import attempts. + .. function:: find_spec(name, package=None) Find the :term:`spec <module spec>` for a module, optionally relative to |