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:mod:`importlib` -- An implementation of :keyword:`import`
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.. module:: importlib
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:synopsis: An implementation of the import machinery.
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.. moduleauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
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.. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
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.. versionadded:: 3.1
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Introduction
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------------
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The purpose of the :mod:`importlib` package is two-fold. One is to provide an
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implementation of the :keyword:`import` statement (and thus, by extension, the
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:func:`__import__` function) in Python source code. This provides an
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implementaiton of :keyword:`import` which is portable to any Python
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interpreter. This also provides a reference implementation which is easier to
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read than one in a programming language other than Python.
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Two, the components to implement :keyword:`import` can be exposed in this
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package, making it easier for users to create their own custom objects (known
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generically as importers) to participate in the import process. Details on
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providing custom importers can be found in :pep:`302`.
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.. seealso::
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:ref:`import`
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The language reference for the :keyword:`import` statement.
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`Packages specification <http://www.python.org/doc/essays/packages.html>`__
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Original specification of packages. Some semantics have changed since
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the writing of this document (e.g. redirecting based on :keyword:`None`
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in :data:`sys.modules`).
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The :func:`.__import__` function
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The built-in function for which the :keyword:`import` statement is
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syntactic sugar for.
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:pep:`235`
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Import on Case-Insensitive Platforms
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:pep:`263`
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Defining Python Source Code Encodings
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:pep:`302`
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New Import Hooks.
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:pep:`328`
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Imports: Multi-Line and Absolute/Relative
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:pep:`366`
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Main module explicit relative imports
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:pep:`3128`
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Using UTF-8 as the Default Source Encoding
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Functions
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---------
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.. function:: __import__(name, globals={}, locals={}, fromlist=\[\], level=0)
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An implementation of the built-in :func:`__import__` function. See the
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built-in function's documentation for usage instructions.
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.. function:: import_module(name, package=None)
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Import a module. The *name* argument specifies what module to
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import in absolute or relative terms
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(e.g. either ``pkg.mod`` or ``..mod``). If the name is
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specified in relative terms, then the *package* argument must be
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specified to the package which is to act as the anchor for resolving the
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package name (e.g. ``import_module('..mod', 'pkg.subpkg')`` will import
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``pkg.mod``). The specified module will be inserted into
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:data:`sys.modules` and returned.
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