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<h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-imp" title="imp: Access the implementation of the import statement. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">imp</code></a> — Access the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/import.html#importsystem">import</a> internals<a class="headerlink" href="#module-imp" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
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imp.get_magic()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.get_magic" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the magic string value used to recognize byte-compiled code files
(<code class="file docutils literal notranslate">.pyc</code> files). (This value may be different for each Python version.)
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.MAGIC_NUMBER" title="importlib.util.MAGIC_NUMBER"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.MAGIC_NUMBER</code></a> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.get_suffixes">
imp.get_suffixes()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.get_suffixes" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a list of 3-element tuples, each describing a particular type of
module. Each triple has the form <code class="docutils literal notranslate">(suffix, mode, type)</code>, where suffix is
a string to be appended to the module name to form the filename to search
for, mode is the mode string to pass to the built-in <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#open" title="open"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">open()</code></a> function
to open the file (this can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'r'</code> for text files or <code class="docutils literal notranslate">'rb'</code> for binary
files), and type is the file type, which has one of the values
<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.PY_SOURCE" title="imp.PY_SOURCE"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">PY_SOURCE</code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.PY_COMPILED" title="imp.PY_COMPILED"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">PY_COMPILED</code></a>, or <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.C_EXTENSION" title="imp.C_EXTENSION"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">C_EXTENSION</code></a>, described
below.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3: Use the constants defined on <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#module-importlib.machinery" title="importlib.machinery: Importers and path hooks"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">importlib.machinery</code></a> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.find_module">
imp.find_module(name[, path])<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.find_module" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Try to find the module name. If path is omitted or <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>, the list of
directory names given by <code class="docutils literal notranslate">sys.path</code> is searched, but first a few special
places are searched: the function tries to find a built-in module with the
given name (<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.C_BUILTIN" title="imp.C_BUILTIN"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">C_BUILTIN</code></a>), then a frozen module (<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.PY_FROZEN" title="imp.PY_FROZEN"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">PY_FROZEN</code></a>),
and on some systems some other places are looked in as well (on Windows, it
looks in the registry which may point to a specific file).
Otherwise, path must be a list of directory names; each directory is
searched for files with any of the suffixes returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.get_suffixes" title="imp.get_suffixes"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">get_suffixes()</code></a>
above. Invalid names in the list are silently ignored (but all list items
must be strings).
If search is successful, the return value is a 3-element tuple <code class="docutils literal notranslate">(file,
pathname, description)</code>:
file is an open <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-file-object">file object</a> positioned at the beginning, pathname
is the pathname of the file found, and description is a 3-element tuple as
contained in the list returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.get_suffixes" title="imp.get_suffixes"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">get_suffixes()</code></a> describing the kind of
module found.
If the module is built-in or frozen then file and pathname are both <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>
and the description tuple contains empty strings for its suffix and mode;
the module type is indicated as given in parentheses above. If the search
is unsuccessful, <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ImportError" title="ImportError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">ImportError</code></a> is raised. Other exceptions indicate
problems with the arguments or environment.
If the module is a package, file is <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>, pathname is the package
path and the last item in the description tuple is <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.PKG_DIRECTORY" title="imp.PKG_DIRECTORY"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate">PKG_DIRECTORY</code></a>.
This function does not handle hierarchical module names (names containing
dots). In order to find P.M, that is, submodule M of package P, use
<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">find_module()</code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.load_module" title="imp.load_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">load_module()</code></a> to find and load package P, and
then use <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">find_module()</code></a> with the path argument set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate">P.__path__</code>.
When P itself has a dotted name, apply this recipe recursively.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.find_spec" title="importlib.util.find_spec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.find_spec()</code></a> instead unless Python 3.3
compatibility is required, in which case use
<a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.find_loader" title="importlib.find_loader"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.find_loader()</code></a>. For example usage of the former case,
see the <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib-examples">Examples</a> section of the <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#module-importlib" title="importlib: The implementation of the import machinery."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">importlib</code></a>
documentation.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.load_module">
imp.load_module(name, file, pathname, description)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.load_module" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Load a module that was previously found by <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">find_module()</code></a> (or by an
otherwise conducted search yielding compatible results). This function does
more than importing the module: if the module was already imported, it will
reload the module! The name argument indicates the full
module name (including the package name, if this is a submodule of a
package). The file argument is an open file, and pathname is the
corresponding file name; these can be <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate">''</code>, respectively, when
the module is a package or not being loaded from a file. The description
argument is a tuple, as would be returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.get_suffixes" title="imp.get_suffixes"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">get_suffixes()</code></a>, describing
what kind of module must be loaded.
If the load is successful, the return value is the module object; otherwise,
an exception (usually <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ImportError" title="ImportError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">ImportError</code></a>) is raised.
Important: the caller is responsible for closing the file argument, if
it was not <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>, even when an exception is raised. This is best done
using a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#try"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">try</code></a> … <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#finally"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">finally</code></a> statement.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3: If previously used in conjunction with <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">imp.find_module()</code></a> then
consider using <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.import_module" title="importlib.import_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.import_module()</code></a>, otherwise use the loader
returned by the replacement you chose for <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">imp.find_module()</code></a>. If you
called <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.load_module" title="imp.load_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">imp.load_module()</code></a> and related functions directly with file
path arguments then use a combination of
<a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.spec_from_file_location" title="importlib.util.spec_from_file_location"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.spec_from_file_location()</code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.module_from_spec" title="importlib.util.module_from_spec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.module_from_spec()</code></a>. See the <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib-examples">Examples</a>
section of the <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#module-importlib" title="importlib: The implementation of the import machinery."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">importlib</code></a> documentation for details of the various
approaches.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.new_module">
imp.new_module(name)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.new_module" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return a new empty module object called name. This object is not inserted
in <code class="docutils literal notranslate">sys.modules</code>.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.module_from_spec" title="importlib.util.module_from_spec"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.module_from_spec()</code></a> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.reload">
imp.reload(module)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.reload" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Reload a previously imported module. The argument must be a module object, so
it must have been successfully imported before. This is useful if you have
edited the module source file using an external editor and want to try out the
new version without leaving the Python interpreter. The return value is the
module object (the same as the module argument).
When <code class="docutils literal notranslate">reload(module)</code> is executed:
<ul class="simple">
<li>Python modules’ code is recompiled and the module-level code reexecuted,
defining a new set of objects which are bound to names in the module’s
dictionary. The <code class="docutils literal notranslate">init</code> function of extension modules is not called a second
time.</li>
<li>As with all other objects in Python the old objects are only reclaimed after
their reference counts drop to zero.</li>
<li>The names in the module namespace are updated to point to any new or changed
objects.</li>
<li>Other references to the old objects (such as names external to the module) are
not rebound to refer to the new objects and must be updated in each namespace
where they occur if that is desired.</li>
</ul>
There are a number of other caveats:
When a module is reloaded, its dictionary (containing the module’s global
variables) is retained. Redefinitions of names will override the old
definitions, so this is generally not a problem. If the new version of a module
does not define a name that was defined by the old version, the old definition
remains. This feature can be used to the module’s advantage if it maintains a
global table or cache of objects — with a <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/compound_stmts.html#try"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">try</code></a> statement it can test
for the table’s presence and skip its initialization if desired:
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre>try:
 cache
except NameError:
 cache = {}
</pre></div>
</div>
It is legal though generally not very useful to reload built-in or dynamically
loaded modules, except for <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#module-sys" title="sys: Access system-specific parameters and functions."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">sys</code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="__main__.html#module-__main__" title="__main__: The environment where top-level code is run. Covers command-line interfaces, import-time behavior, and ``__name__ == '__main__'``."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">__main__</code></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="builtins.html#module-builtins" title="builtins: The module that provides the built-in namespace."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate">builtins</code></a>.
In many cases, however, extension modules are not designed to be initialized
more than once, and may fail in arbitrary ways when reloaded.
If a module imports objects from another module using <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#from"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">from</code></a> …
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/simple_stmts.html#import"><code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">import</code></a> …, calling <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.reload" title="imp.reload"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">reload()</code></a> for the other module does not
redefine the objects imported from it — one way around this is to re-execute
the <code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">from</code> statement, another is to use <code class="xref std std-keyword docutils literal notranslate">import</code> and qualified
names (module.*name*) instead.
If a module instantiates instances of a class, reloading the module that defines
the class does not affect the method definitions of the instances — they
continue to use the old class definition. The same is true for derived classes.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: Relies on both <code class="docutils literal notranslate">__name__</code> and <code class="docutils literal notranslate">__loader__</code> being defined on the module
being reloaded instead of just <code class="docutils literal notranslate">__name__</code>.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.reload" title="importlib.reload"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.reload()</code></a> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

The following functions are conveniences for handling <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147">PEP 3147</a> byte-compiled
file paths.
<div class="versionadded">
New in version 3.2.
</div>
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.cache_from_source">
imp.cache_from_source(path, debug_override=None)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.cache_from_source" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147">PEP 3147</a> path to the byte-compiled file associated with the
source path. For example, if path is <code class="docutils literal notranslate">/foo/bar/baz.py</code> the return
value would be <code class="docutils literal notranslate">/foo/bar/__pycache__/baz.cpython-32.pyc</code> for Python 3.2.
The <code class="docutils literal notranslate">cpython-32</code> string comes from the current magic tag (see
<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.get_tag" title="imp.get_tag"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">get_tag()</code></a>; if <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">sys.implementation.cache_tag</code> is not defined then
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#NotImplementedError" title="NotImplementedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">NotImplementedError</code></a> will be raised). By passing in <code class="docutils literal notranslate">True</code> or
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">False</code> for debug_override you can override the system’s value for
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">__debug__</code>, leading to optimized bytecode.
path need not exist.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: If <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">sys.implementation.cache_tag</code> is <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>, then
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#NotImplementedError" title="NotImplementedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">NotImplementedError</code></a> is raised.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.cache_from_source" title="importlib.util.cache_from_source"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.cache_from_source()</code></a> instead.
</div>
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.5: The debug_override parameter no longer creates a <code class="docutils literal notranslate">.pyo</code> file.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.source_from_cache">
imp.source_from_cache(path)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.source_from_cache" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Given the path to a <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147">PEP 3147</a> file name, return the associated source code
file path. For example, if path is
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">/foo/bar/__pycache__/baz.cpython-32.pyc</code> the returned path would be
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">/foo/bar/baz.py</code>. path need not exist, however if it does not conform
to <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147">PEP 3147</a> format, a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ValueError" title="ValueError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">ValueError</code></a> is raised. If
<code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">sys.implementation.cache_tag</code> is not defined,
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#NotImplementedError" title="NotImplementedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">NotImplementedError</code></a> is raised.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: Raise <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#NotImplementedError" title="NotImplementedError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">NotImplementedError</code></a> when
<code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">sys.implementation.cache_tag</code> is not defined.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <a class="reference internal" href="importlib.html#importlib.util.source_from_cache" title="importlib.util.source_from_cache"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">importlib.util.source_from_cache()</code></a> instead.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.get_tag">
imp.get_tag()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.get_tag" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return the <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3147">PEP 3147</a> magic tag string matching this version of Python’s
magic number, as returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.get_magic" title="imp.get_magic"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">get_magic()</code></a>.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4: Use <code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate">sys.implementation.cache_tag</code> directly starting
in Python 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

The following functions help interact with the import system’s internal
locking mechanism. Locking semantics of imports are an implementation
detail which may vary from release to release. However, Python ensures
that circular imports work without any deadlocks.
<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.lock_held">
imp.lock_held()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.lock_held" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate">True</code> if the global import lock is currently held, else
<code class="docutils literal notranslate">False</code>. On platforms without threads, always return <code class="docutils literal notranslate">False</code>.
On platforms with threads, a thread executing an import first holds a
global import lock, then sets up a per-module lock for the rest of the
import. This blocks other threads from importing the same module until
the original import completes, preventing other threads from seeing
incomplete module objects constructed by the original thread. An
exception is made for circular imports, which by construction have to
expose an incomplete module object at some point.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: The locking scheme has changed to per-module locks for
the most part. A global import lock is kept for some critical tasks,
such as initializing the per-module locks.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.acquire_lock">
imp.acquire_lock()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.acquire_lock" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Acquire the interpreter’s global import lock for the current thread.
This lock should be used by import hooks to ensure thread-safety when
importing modules.
Once a thread has acquired the import lock, the same thread may acquire it
again without blocking; the thread must release it once for each time it has
acquired it.
On platforms without threads, this function does nothing.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: The locking scheme has changed to per-module locks for
the most part. A global import lock is kept for some critical tasks,
such as initializing the per-module locks.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py function">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.release_lock">
imp.release_lock()<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.release_lock" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>Release the interpreter’s global import lock. On platforms without
threads, this function does nothing.
<div class="versionchanged">
Changed in version 3.3: The locking scheme has changed to per-module locks for
the most part. A global import lock is kept for some critical tasks,
such as initializing the per-module locks.
</div>
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.4.
</div>
</dd></dl>

The following constants with integer values, defined in this module, are used
to indicate the search result of <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">find_module()</code></a>.
<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.PY_SOURCE">
imp.PY_SOURCE<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.PY_SOURCE" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as a source file.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.PY_COMPILED">
imp.PY_COMPILED<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.PY_COMPILED" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as a compiled code object file.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.C_EXTENSION">
imp.C_EXTENSION<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.C_EXTENSION" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as dynamically loadable shared library.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.PKG_DIRECTORY">
imp.PKG_DIRECTORY<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.PKG_DIRECTORY" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as a package directory.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.C_BUILTIN">
imp.C_BUILTIN<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.C_BUILTIN" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as a built-in module.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py data">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.PY_FROZEN">
imp.PY_FROZEN<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.PY_FROZEN" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The module was found as a frozen module.
<div class="deprecated">
Deprecated since version 3.3.
</div>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="py class">
<dt class="sig sig-object py" id="imp.NullImporter">
class imp.NullImporter(path_string)<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.NullImporter" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>The <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.NullImporter" title="imp.NullImporter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">NullImporter</code></a> type is a <a class="pep reference external" href="https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0302">PEP 302</a> import hook that handles
non-directory path strings by failing to find any modules. Calling this type
with an existing directory or empty string raises <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#ImportError" title="ImportError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate">ImportError</code></a>.
Otherwise, a <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.NullImporter" title="imp.NullImporter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">NullImporter</code></a> instance is returned.
Instances have only one method:
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find_module(fullname[, path])<a class="headerlink" href="#imp.NullImporter.find_module" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd>This method always returns <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code>, indicating that the requested module could
not be found.
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Changed in version 3.3: <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code> is inserted into <code class="docutils literal notranslate">sys.path_importer_cache</code> instead of an
instance of <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.NullImporter" title="imp.NullImporter"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate">NullImporter</code></a>.
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Deprecated since version 3.4: Insert <code class="docutils literal notranslate">None</code> into <code class="docutils literal notranslate">sys.path_importer_cache</code> instead.
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<h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
The following function emulates what was the standard import statement up to
Python 1.4 (no hierarchical module names). (This implementation wouldn’t work
in that version, since <a class="reference internal" href="#imp.find_module" title="imp.find_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">find_module()</code></a> has been extended and
<a class="reference internal" href="#imp.load_module" title="imp.load_module"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate">load_module()</code></a> has been added in 1.4.)
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre>import imp
import sys

def __import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None):
 # Fast path: see if the module has already been imported.
 try:
 return sys.modules[name]
 except KeyError:
 pass

# If any of the following calls raises an exception,
 # there&#39;s a problem we can&#39;t handle -- let the caller handle it.

fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module(name)

try:
 return imp.load_module(name, fp, pathname, description)
 finally:
 # Since we may exit via an exception, close fp explicitly.
 if fp:
 fp.close()
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