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| author | Brett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com> | 2018-04-20 16:32:46 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2018-04-20 16:32:46 -0700 |
| commit | 441d945eb33f8dc130b268ebfa11315b98a2433c (patch) | |
| tree | 90d9e27a16a9d60bdcb77a7f9e0c4aa59b099175 | |
| parent | a8c342465b977115b88a4f130833a2fd4c4e7356 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-441d945eb33f8dc130b268ebfa11315b98a2433c.tar.gz | |
Clarify that __path__ can't be just any value (GH-6554)
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/reference/import.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst | 1 |
2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst index 45d417295d..44b5b818aa 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/import.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst @@ -616,8 +616,7 @@ the module. module.__path__ --------------- -By definition, if a module has a ``__path__`` attribute, it is a package, -regardless of its value. +By definition, if a module has a ``__path__`` attribute, it is a package. A package's ``__path__`` attribute is used during imports of its subpackages. Within the import machinery, it functions much the same as :data:`sys.path`, diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0da58a0ce4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Clarify that the ``__path__`` attribute on modules cannot be just any value. |