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merge from 3.2. Issue 12359

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Senthil Kumaran 2011-06-19 17:41:01 -07:00
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@ -159,13 +159,14 @@ The Module Search Path
.. 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
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`.
Actually, modules are searched in the list of directories given by the variable
``sys.path`` which is initialized from the directory containing the input script