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  r87251 | r.david.murray | 2010-12-14 18:06:25 -0500 (Tue, 14 Dec 2010) | 4 lines

  #4236: avoid possible Fatal Error when import is called from __del__

  Patch by Simon Cross, crasher test code by Martin von Löwis.
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diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 5dd9c01..d96d7bd 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
     PyMethodDef *ml;
     const char* name;
     PyModuleObject *m;
-    if (!Py_IsInitialized())
-        Py_FatalError("Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)");
+    PyInterpreterState *interp = PyThreadState_Get()->interp;
+    if (interp->modules == NULL)
+        Py_FatalError("Python import machinery not initialized");
     if (PyType_Ready(&moduledef_type) < 0)
         return NULL;
     if (module->m_base.m_index == 0) {