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bpo-32674: Improve the docstring for __import__ (GH-5339)
Clarify that the level argument is used to determine whether to perform absolute or relative imports: 0 is absolute, while a positive number is the number of parent directories to search relative to the current module.
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@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(import_doc,
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"__import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=(), level=0) -> module\n\
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Import a module. Because this function is meant for use by the Python\n\
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interpreter and not for general use it is better to use\n\
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interpreter and not for general use, it is better to use\n\
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importlib.import_module() to programmatically import a module.\n\
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The globals argument is only used to determine the context;\n\
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@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ should be a list of names to emulate ``from name import ...'', or an\n\
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empty list to emulate ``import name''.\n\
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When importing a module from a package, note that __import__('A.B', ...)\n\
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returns package A when fromlist is empty, but its submodule B when\n\
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fromlist is not empty. Level is used to determine whether to perform \n\
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absolute or relative imports. 0 is absolute while a positive number\n\
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fromlist is not empty. The level argument is used to determine whether to\n\
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perform absolute or relative imports: 0 is absolute, while a positive number\n\
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is the number of parent directories to search relative to the current module.");
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