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Warn that AddModule doesn't import the module.

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Guido van Rossum 1998-11-02 17:02:42 +00:00
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@ -983,7 +983,12 @@ Return the module object corresponding to a module name. The
check the modules dictionary if there's one there, and if not, create
a new one and insert in in the modules dictionary. Because the former
action is most common, this does not return a new reference, and you
do not own the returned reference. Return \NULL{} with an
do not own the returned reference.
Warning: this function does not load or import the module; if the
module wasn't already loaded, you will get an empty module object.
Use \cfunction{PyImport_ImportModule()} or one of its variants to
import a module.
Return \NULL{} with an
exception set on failure. \strong{Note:} this function returns
a ``borrowed'' reference.
\end{cfuncdesc}