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Diffstat (limited to 'Python/bltinmodule.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/bltinmodule.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
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\ |