[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Fix closes Issue12359 (original) (raw)

[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Fix closes Issue12359 - Minor update to module import description.

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon Jun 20 09:13:07 CEST 2011

On 20.06.2011 02:42, senthil.kumaran wrote:

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bf8b4c43fb94 changeset: 70886:bf8b4c43fb94 branch: 3.2 parent: 70884:4444afcfb22e user: Senthil Kumaran <senthil at uthcode.com> date: Sun Jun 19 17:37:06 2011 -0700 summary: Fix closes Issue12359 - Minor update to module import description.

files: Doc/tutorial/modules.rst | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -159,13 +159,14 @@ .. index:: triple: module; search; path -When a module named :mod:spam is imported, the interpreter searches for a file -named :file:spam.py in the current directory, and then in the list of -directories specified by the environment variable :envvar:PYTHONPATH. This -has the same syntax as the shell variable :envvar:PATH, that is, a list of -directory names. When :envvar:PYTHONPATH is not set, or when the file is not -found there, the search continues in an installation-dependent default path; on -Unix, this is usually :file:.:/usr/local/lib/python. +When a module named :mod:spam is imported, the interpreter searches for a +file named :file:spam.py in the directory containing the input script (or +thecurrent directory), and then in the list of directories specified by the

By just adding "or the current directory", you've actually made this more confusing: now the reader will wonder when it's the script directory and when it's the current directory.

Georg

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