On 20.06.2011 02:42, senthil.kumaran wrote: > http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/bf8b4c43fb94 > changeset: 70886:bf8b4c43fb94 > branch: 3.2 > parent: 70884:4444afcfb22e > user: Senthil Kumaran <sent...@uthcode.com> > date: Sun Jun 19 17:37:06 2011 -0700 > summary: > Fix closes Issue12359 - Minor update to module import description. > > files: > Doc/tutorial/modules.rst | 15 ++++++++------- > 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > > diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst > --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst > +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst > @@ -159,13 +159,14 @@ > > .. 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 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`. > +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 > +thecurrent directory), and then in the list of directories specified by the
By just adding "or the current directory", you've actually made this more confusing: now the reader will wonder when it's the script directory and when it's the current directory. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
