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Adjust indexing for __import__(); based on comments by Stefan Franke 

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@ -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: