Issue #15610: The PyImport_ImportModuleEx macro now calls
PyImport_ImportModuleLevel() with a 'level' of 0 instead of -1 as the
latter is no longer a valid value.
Also added a versionchanged note for PyImport_ImportModuleLevel() just
in case people don't make the connection between changes to
__import__() and this C function.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/import.rst b/Doc/c-api/import.rst
index c718057..c3c8f42 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/import.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
.. index:: builtin: __import__
Import a module. This is best described by referring to the built-in Python
- function :func:`__import__`, as the standard :func:`__import__` function calls
- this function directly.
+ function :func:`__import__`.
The return value is a new reference to the imported module or top-level
package, or *NULL* with an exception set on failure. Like for
@@ -76,6 +75,9 @@
Similar to :c:func:`PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject`, but the name is an
UTF-8 encoded string instead of a Unicode object.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+ Negative values for **level** are no longer accepted.
+
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_Import(PyObject *name)
This is a higher-level interface that calls the current "import hook