From: Senthil Kumaran Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:41:01 +0000 (-0700) Subject: merge from 3.2. Issue 12359 X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0a1~2088^2 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=bd4c321a3f7664e22ead9ea8ec55c10c10583905;p=python merge from 3.2. Issue 12359 --- bd4c321a3f7664e22ead9ea8ec55c10c10583905 diff --cc Doc/tutorial/modules.rst index d4bfbda811,6239c2a681..2451fd5701 --- a/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/modules.rst @@@ -159,13 -159,14 +159,14 @@@ The Module Search Pat .. 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 ++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`. 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