Commit 2b9fd47d authored by Brett Cannon's avatar Brett Cannon

Fix docs for __import__ that say the default for 'level' is -1; it's actually

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parent a113ac58
......@@ -1207,9 +1207,8 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
not use its *locals* argument at all, and uses its *globals* only to
determine the package context of the :keyword:`import` statement.
*level* specifies whether to use absolute or relative imports. The default
is ``-1`` which indicates both absolute and relative imports will be
attempted. ``0`` means only perform absolute imports. Positive values for
*level* specifies whether to use absolute or relative imports. ``0`` (the
default) means only perform absolute imports. Positive values for
*level* indicate the number of parent directories to search relative to the
directory of the module calling :func:`__import__`.
......@@ -1221,11 +1220,11 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
For example, the statement ``import spam`` results in bytecode resembling the
following code::
spam = __import__('spam', globals(), locals(), [], -1)
spam = __import__('spam', globals(), locals(), [], 0)
The statement ``import spam.ham`` results in this call::
spam = __import__('spam.ham', globals(), locals(), [], -1)
spam = __import__('spam.ham', globals(), locals(), [], 0)
Note how :func:`__import__` returns the toplevel module here because this is
the object that is bound to a name by the :keyword:`import` statement.
......@@ -1233,7 +1232,7 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order.
On the other hand, the statement ``from spam.ham import eggs, sausage as
saus`` results in ::
_temp = __import__('spam.ham', globals(), locals(), ['eggs', 'sausage'], -1)
_temp = __import__('spam.ham', globals(), locals(), ['eggs', 'sausage'], 0)
eggs = _temp.eggs
saus = _temp.sausage
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