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fix __file__ description
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11 changes: 8 additions & 3 deletions Doc/reference/import.rst
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Expand Up @@ -596,9 +596,14 @@ the module.
.. attribute:: __file__
.. attribute:: __cached__

``__file__`` is optional. If set, this attribute's value must be a
string. The import system may opt to leave ``__file__`` unset if it
has no semantic meaning (e.g. a module loaded from a database).
``__file__`` is optional (if set, value must be a string). It indicates
the pathname of the file from which the module was loaded (if
loaded from a file), or the pathname of the shared libray file
for extension modules loaded dynamically from a shared library.
It might be missing for certain types of modules, such as C
modules that are statically linked into the interpreter, and the
import system may opt to leave it unset if it has no semantic
meaning (e.g. a module loaded from a database).

If ``__file__`` is set, it may also be appropriate to set the
``__cached__`` attribute which is the path to any compiled version of
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-21-01-19-28.bpo-21760.CqofIc.rst
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The description for __file__ fixed.
Patch by Furkan Onder