gh-69686: Remove untrue part of __import__ replacement docs#143261
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The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in python#69686.
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Good spot, thank you!
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Thanks @Sachaa-Thanasius for the PR, and @hauntsaninja for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14. |
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…ythonGH-143261) Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in python#69686. (cherry picked from commit 79c03ac) Co-authored-by: Thanos <111999343+Sachaa-Thanasius@users.noreply.github.com>
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…ythonGH-143261) Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in python#69686. (cherry picked from commit 79c03ac) Co-authored-by: Thanos <111999343+Sachaa-Thanasius@users.noreply.github.com>
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GH-143281 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch. |
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GH-143282 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch. |
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…H-143261) (#143281) gh-69686: Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs (GH-143261) Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in #69686. (cherry picked from commit 79c03ac) Co-authored-by: Thanos <111999343+Sachaa-Thanasius@users.noreply.github.com>
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…H-143261) (#143282) gh-69686: Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs (GH-143261) Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in #69686. (cherry picked from commit 79c03ac) Co-authored-by: Thanos <111999343+Sachaa-Thanasius@users.noreply.github.com>
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…ython#143261) Remove untrue part of `__import__` replacement docs The original statement effectively says that replacing `__import__` at global scope affects import statements, and not only that, but only import statements within the rest of the executing module. None of that has been true since at least Python 2.7, I think. This was likely missed in python#69686.
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As far as I know (and based on the information in the linked issue), this statement in the docs hasn't been true since at least Python 2.7.
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