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diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst index dbb2e0a..99b77be 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/import.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst @@ -754,6 +754,15 @@ hook` callables on :data:`sys.path_hooks`, then the following protocol is used to ask the finder for a module spec, which is then used when loading the module. +The current working directory -- denoted by an empty string -- is handled +slightly differently from other entries on :data:`sys.path`. First, if the +current working directory is found to not exist, no value is stored in +:data:`sys.path_importer_cache`. Second, the value for the current working +directory is looked up fresh for each module lookup. Third, the path used for +:data:`sys.path_importer_cache` and returned by +:meth:`importlib.machinery.PathFinder.find_spec` will be the actual current +working directory and not the empty string. + Path entry finder protocol -------------------------- |