[3.14] gh-69686: Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs (GH-143261)...

gh-69686: Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs (GH-143261)

Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs

The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think.

This was likely missed in python/cpython#69686.
(cherry picked from commit 79c03ac0015ccf1cbb759f870e2af9d68f60fe3a)

Co-authored-by: Thanos <111999343+Sachaa-Thanasius@users.noreply.github.com>

diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index d772d1f5345fcdd6c97099504927fc4844bab007..fbb901b90ecd9201598cd24d323827f4d48c506d 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -834,9 +834,7 @@ entirely with a custom meta path hook.
 
 If it is acceptable to only alter the behaviour of import statements
 without affecting other APIs that access the import system, then replacing
-the builtin :func:`__import__` function may be sufficient. This technique
-may also be employed at the module level to only alter the behaviour of
-import statements within that module.
+the builtin :func:`__import__` function may be sufficient.
 
 To selectively prevent the import of some modules from a hook early on the
 meta path (rather than disabling the standard import system entirely),