[Python-checkins] cpython (3.3): Issue #19963: Document that importlib.import_module() will import

[brett.cannon]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a44be62026fc
changeset:   87940:a44be62026fc
branch:      3.3
parent:      87938:a14f830196ec
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Fri Dec 13 13:57:41 2013 -0500
summary:
  Issue #19963: Document that importlib.import_module() will import
parent packages automatically.

files:
  Doc/library/importlib.rst |  7 +++++--
  Misc/NEWS                 |  3 +++
  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -82,10 +82,13 @@
     derived from :func:`importlib.__import__`, including requiring the package
     from which an import is occurring to have been previously imported
     (i.e., *package* must already be imported). The most important difference
-    is that :func:`import_module` returns the most nested package or module
-    that was imported (e.g. ``pkg.mod``), while :func:`__import__` returns the
+    is that :func:`import_module` returns the specified package or module
+    (e.g. ``pkg.mod``), while :func:`__import__` returns the
     top-level package or module (e.g. ``pkg``).
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+       Parent packages are automatically imported.
+
 .. function:: find_loader(name, path=None)
 
    Find the loader for a module, optionally within the specified *path*. If the
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Issue #19963: Document that importlib.import_module() no longer requires
+  importing parent packages separately.
+
 - Issue #18840: Introduce the json module in the tutorial, and deemphasize
   the pickle module.
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython