From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:34:48 +0000 (-0700) Subject: merge 3.2 - Fix closes Issue12359 - Removing a confusing sentence from the previous... X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=832288ca18346d1d691c58d5cedbf0a3fede4466;p=python merge 3.2 - Fix closes Issue12359 - Removing a confusing sentence from the previous change. --- diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index d61207931a..12f649e949 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ The Module Search Path .. 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