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[3.6] bpo-32674: Improve the docstring for __import__ (GH-5339) #5489

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Python/bltinmodule.c
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Expand Up @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(import_doc,
"__import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=(), level=0) -> module\n\
\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\
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\
Expand All @@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ 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\
returns package A when fromlist is empty, but its submodule B when\n\
fromlist is not empty. Level is used to determine whether to perform \n\
absolute or relative imports. 0 is absolute while a positive number\n\
fromlist is not empty. The level argument is used to determine whether to\n\
perform absolute or relative imports: 0 is absolute, while a positive number\n\
is the number of parent directories to search relative to the current module.");


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