programming.
This function is invoked by the :keyword:`import` statement. It can be
- replaced (by importing the :mod:`builtins` module and assigning to
- ``builtins.__import__``) in order to change semantics of the
+ replaced (by importing the :mod:`__builtin__` module and assigning to
+ ``__builtin__.__import__``) in order to change semantics of the
:keyword:`import` statement, but nowadays it is usually simpler to use import
hooks (see :pep:`302`). Direct use of :func:`__import__` is rare, except in
cases where you want to import a module whose name is only known at runtime.