[Python-checkins] r59887 - python/trunk/Misc/NEWS

neal.norwitz python-checkins at python.org
Thu Jan 10 06:42:59 CET 2008


Author: neal.norwitz
Date: Thu Jan 10 06:42:58 2008
New Revision: 59887

Modified:
   python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
Reword entry, not sure I made it much better though.

Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS	Thu Jan 10 06:42:58 2008
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Bug #1776: __import__ must not accept filenames. Python 2.6 does no longer
-  support module loading by filename. It worked on some system by coincident
-  but it was never intended to work.
+- Bug #1776: __import__() no longer accepts filenames on any platform.
+  The first parameter to __import__() must be a valid module name.
 
 - Patch #1668: renamed THREADDEBUG envvar to PYTHONTHREADDEBUG.
 


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