[Python-3000-checkins] r67548 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst

[guido.van.rossum]

Author: guido.van.rossum
Date: Fri Dec 5 06:49:12 2008
New Revision: 67548

Log:
Tweak verbiage and markup for relative/absolute import. Backport candidate.
(I guess *all* changes to this file should be backported to the 3.0 branch.)


Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst Fri Dec 5 06:49:12 2008
@@ -457,10 +457,9 @@
* The :keyword:`from` *module* :keyword:`import` ``*`` syntax is only
allowed at the module level, no longer inside functions.

-* The only acceptable syntaxes for relative imports are :keyword:`from`
- ``.`` :keyword:`import` *name* or
- :keyword:`from` ``.module`` :keyword:`import` *name*.
- :keyword:`import` forms not starting with ``.`` are always
+* The only acceptable syntax for relative imports is :keyword:`from`
+ ``.`` [*module*] :keyword:`import` *name*.
+ All :keyword:`import` forms not starting with ``.`` are
interpreted as absolute imports. (:pep:`0328`)

* Classic classes are gone.