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changeset 103061:f8d9569900a9

merge 3.5 (#27957) [#27957]

Benjamin Peterson benjamin@python.org
date	Mon, 05 Sep 2016 14:03:08 -0700
parents	c6228efa7c41(current diff)33702360acef(diff)
children	29815771f2ac
files	Doc/library/importlib.rst
diffstat	1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/importlib.rst 2

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--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst +++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Functions :exc:ValueError is raised). Otherwise a search using :attr:sys.meta_path is done. None is returned if no loader is found.

A dotted name does not have its parent's implicitly imported as that requires

A dotted name does not have its parents implicitly imported as that requires loading them and that may not be desired. To properly import a submodule you will need to import all parent packages of the submodule and use the correct argument to path.