https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4b68289ca6954b8d135e2ee2344e67fae38239fd
commit: 4b68289ca6954b8d135e2ee2344e67fae38239fd
branch: main
author: Josh Cannon <joshdcan...@gmail.com>
committer: gpshead <68491+gpsh...@users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2025-07-21T09:30:17-07:00
summary:
Pedantic rewording of why relative importing doesn't work in main modules
(GH-136846)
Pedantically reword the section about relative imports and main modules.
files:
M Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
index 47bf7547b4ae1d..f8105cd5441fec 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ module for example, you might use::
from .. import formats
from ..filters import equalizer
-Note that relative imports are based on the name of the current module. Since
-the name of the main module is always ``"__main__"``, modules intended for use
+Note that relative imports are based on the name of the current module's
package.
+Since the main module does not have a package, modules intended for use
as the main module of a Python application must always use absolute imports.
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