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bpo-31936: Fix a grammatical problem and reword for clarity #4257

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9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions Doc/reference/import.rst
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Expand Up @@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ such as the importing of parent packages, and the updating of various caches
(including :data:`sys.modules`), only the :keyword:`import` statement performs
a name binding operation.

When calling :func:`__import__` as part of an import statement, the
standard builtin :func:`__import__` is called. Other mechanisms for
invoking the import system (such as :func:`importlib.import_module`) may
choose to subvert :func:`__import__` and use its own solution to
implement import semantics.
When an :keyword:`import` statement is executed, the standard builtin
:func:`__import__` function is called. Other mechanisms for invoking the
import system (such as :func:`importlib.import_module`) may choose to bypass
:func:`__import__` and use their own solutions to implement import semantics.

When a module is first imported, Python searches for the module and if found,
it creates a module object [#fnmo]_, initializing it. If the named module
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