Modified PyImport_Import and PyImport_ImportModule to always use absolute imports by calling __import__ with an explicit level of 0
Added a new API function PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock. It solves the problem with dead locks when mixing threads and imports
diff --git a/Include/import.h b/Include/import.h
index af9f339..05ad7f0 100644
--- a/Include/import.h
+++ b/Include/import.h
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_GetModuleDict(void);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_AddModule(const char *name);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_ImportModule(const char *name);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_ImportModuleNoBlock(const char *);
PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_ImportModuleLevel(char *name,
PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist, int level);
-/* For DLL compatibility */
-#undef PyImport_ImportModuleEx
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyImport_ImportModuleEx(
- char *name, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals, PyObject *fromlist);
#define PyImport_ImportModuleEx(n, g, l, f) \
PyImport_ImportModuleLevel(n, g, l, f, -1)