Clarify that __path__ can't be just any value (GH-6554)

(cherry picked from commit 441d945) Co-authored-by: Brett Cannon <brettcannon@users.noreply.github.com>
python · Apr 20, 2018 · 0eadb42 · 0eadb42
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -617,8 +617,7 @@ the module.
 module.__path__
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-By definition, if a module has a ``__path__`` attribute, it is a package,
-regardless of its value.
+By definition, if a module has a ``__path__`` attribute, it is a package.
 
 A package's ``__path__`` attribute is used during imports of its subpackages.
 Within the import machinery, it functions much the same as :data:`sys.path`,

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2018-04-20-14-09-36.bpo-33276.rA1z_3.rst
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+Clarify that the ``__path__`` attribute on modules cannot be just any value.