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Expand Up @@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ Functions
need to call :func:`invalidate_caches` in order for the new module to be
noticed by the import system.

If the module cannot be imported, :func:`import_module` will raise an
:exc:`ImportError`. If the module is found and loaded, but the code in the
module raises an exception, :func:`import_module` will pass that exception
to the module that called it.

.. versionchanged:: 3.3
Parent packages are automatically imported.

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