bpo-21760: fix __file__ description (GH-19097)

furkanonder · web-flow · commit 878d7e4ee464 · 2021-06-09T14:10:20.000-07:00
diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -603,9 +603,14 @@ 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
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-21-01-19-28.bpo-21760.CqofIc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-21-01-19-28.bpo-21760.CqofIc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The description for __file__ fixed.
+Patch by Furkan Onder

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