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_imp

(Extremely) low-level import machinery bits as used by importlib and imp.

Functions

acquire_lock

acquire_lock()

  Acquires the interpreter's import lock for the current thread.

  This lock should be used by import hooks to ensure thread-safety when importing
  modules. On platforms without threads, this function does nothing.

create_builtin

create_builtin(spec, /)

  Create an extension module.

create_dynamic

create_dynamic(...)

  Create an extension module.

exec_builtin

exec_builtin(mod, /)

  Initialize a built-in module.

exec_dynamic

exec_dynamic(mod, /)

  Initialize an extension module.

extension_suffixes

extension_suffixes()

  Returns the list of file suffixes used to identify extension modules.

get_frozen_object

get_frozen_object(name, /)

  Create a code object for a frozen module.

init_frozen

init_frozen(name, /)

  Initializes a frozen module.

is_builtin

is_builtin(name, /)

  Returns True if the module name corresponds to a built-in module.

is_frozen

is_frozen(name, /)

  Returns True if the module name corresponds to a frozen module.

is_frozen_package

is_frozen_package(name, /)

  Returns True if the module name is of a frozen package.

lock_held

lock_held()

  Return True if the import lock is currently held, else False.

  On platforms without threads, return False.

release_lock

release_lock()

  Release the interpreter's import lock.

  On platforms without threads, this function does nothing.

source_hash

source_hash(key, source)

Other members

check_hash_based_pycs = 'default'