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diff Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @ 70905:51ad2d4390bc 2.7
merge 3.2 - Fix closes Issue12359 - Removing a confusing sentence from the previous change.
| author | Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com> |
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| date | Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:34:48 -0700 |
| parents | 6c16a31e0442 |
| children | d01208ba482f |
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--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst Sun Jun 19 17:45:36 2011 -0700 +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst Mon Jun 20 07:34:48 2011 -0700 @@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ .. 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 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`. +file named :file:`spam.py` in the directory containing the input script 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