New submission from Jon Poler: It looks like there might be a contradiction in the documentation of import in the language reference. In the loading subsection https://docs.python.org/dev/reference/import.html#loading, first bulleted list of the section, it specifies that if a loader fails, it must remove only the failing module from sys.modules, while other side-effect imports by loader will stay in sys.modules. In the next subsection https://docs.python.org/dev/reference/import.html#loaders, second bulleted list (last bullet), the phrasing is confusing, and possibly contradictory. I believe that it meant to reiterate what was said above (see my previous paragraph). Attached is a potential patch, but if anyone finds that I am interpreting this wrong, I'll make adjustments accordingly. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation files: import_doc_fix.patch keywords: patch messages: 225610 nosy: docs@python, jon.poler priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Doc fix in the Import section in language reference. type: enhancement versions: Python 3.5 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36427/import_doc_fix.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22242> _______________________________________