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Merge for issue #25500

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Brett Cannon 2015-12-04 14:52:07 -08:00
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@ -29,11 +29,10 @@ such as the importing of parent packages, and the updating of various caches
a name binding operation.
When calling :func:`__import__` as part of an import statement, the
import system first checks the module global namespace for a function by
that name. If it is not found, then the standard builtin :func:`__import__`
is called. Other mechanisms for invoking the import system (such as
:func:`importlib.import_module`) do not perform this check and will always
use the standard import system.
standard builtin :func:`__import__` is called. Other mechanisms for
invoking the import system (such as :func:`importlib.import_module`) may
choose to subvert :func:`__import__` and use its own solution to
implement import semantics.
When a module is first imported, Python searches for the module and if found,
it creates a module object [#fnmo]_, initializing it. If the named module