From: Fred Drake Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:09:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Adjust indexing for __import__(); based on comments by Stefan Franke X-Git-Tag: v1.6a1~1239 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=697c779d98e454f4b65bca55b0f8844e8b847331;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Adjust indexing for __import__(); based on comments by Stefan Franke . --- diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index d2167fb5b592..73aa5d44baf0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -7,18 +7,17 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. \setindexsubitem{(built-in function)} \begin{funcdesc}{__import__}{name\optional{, globals\optional{, locals\optional{, fromlist}}}} -This function is invoked by the \keyword{import} statement. It -mainly exists so that you can replace it with another -function that has a compatible interface, in order to change the -semantics of the \keyword{import} statement. For examples of why and -how you would do this, see the standard library modules -\module{ihooks} and \module{rexec}. See also the built-in module -\module{imp}, which defines some useful operations out of which you can -build your own \function{__import__()} function. -\stindex{import} -\refstmodindex{ihooks} -\refstmodindex{rexec} -\refbimodindex{imp} +This function is invoked by the +\keyword{import}\stindex{import} statement. It mainly +exists so that you can replace it with another function that has a +compatible interface, in order to change the semantics of the +\keyword{import} statement. For examples of why and how you would do +this, see the standard library modules +\module{ihooks}\refstmodindex{ihooks} and +\refmodule{rexec}\refstmodindex{rexec}. See also the built-in module +\refmodule{imp}\refbimodindex{imp}, which defines some useful +operations out of which you can build your own +\function{__import__()} function. For example, the statement `\code{import} \code{spam}' results in the following call: