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diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst index 02c2cf9..04bc6f5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/imp.rst +++ b/Doc/library/imp.rst @@ -237,6 +237,17 @@ around for backward compatibility: using shared libraries is highly system dependent, and not all systems support it.) + .. impl-detail:: + + The import internals identify extension modules by filename, so doing + ``foo = load_dynamic("foo", "mod.so")`` and + ``bar = load_dynamic("bar", "mod.so")`` will result in both foo and bar + referring to the same module, regardless of whether or not + ``mod.so`` exports an ``initbar`` function. On systems which + support them, symlinks can be used to import multiple modules from + the same shared library, as each reference to the module will use + a different file name. + .. function:: load_source(name, pathname[, file]) |