--- a/Python/modsupport.c	Wed Jun 11 03:41:00 2008 +0000
+++ b/Python/modsupport.c	Wed Jun 11 05:26:20 2008 +0000
@@ -11,98 +11,6 @@
 /* Package context -- the full module name for package imports */
 char *_Py_PackageContext = NULL;
 
-/* Py_InitModule4() parameters:
-   - name is the module name
-   - methods is the list of top-level functions
-   - doc is the documentation string
-   - passthrough is passed as self to functions defined in the module
-   - api_version is the value of PYTHON_API_VERSION at the time the
-     module was compiled
-
-   Return value is a borrowed reference to the module object; or NULL
-   if an error occurred (in Python 1.4 and before, errors were fatal).
-   Errors may still leak memory.
-*/
-
-static char api_version_warning[] =
-"Python C API version mismatch for module %.100s:\
- This Python has API version %d, module %.100s has version %d.";
-
-PyObject *
-Py_InitModule4(const char *name, PyMethodDef *methods, const char *doc,
-	       PyObject *passthrough, int module_api_version)
-{
-	PyObject *m, *d, *v, *n;
-	PyMethodDef *ml;
-	if (!Py_IsInitialized())
-	    Py_FatalError("Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)");
-	if (module_api_version != PYTHON_API_VERSION) {
-		char message[512];
-		PyOS_snprintf(message, sizeof(message), 
-			      api_version_warning, name, 
-			      PYTHON_API_VERSION, name, 
-			      module_api_version);
-		if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_RuntimeWarning, message, 1)) 
-			return NULL;
-	}
-	/* Make sure name is fully qualified.
-
-	   This is a bit of a hack: when the shared library is loaded,
-	   the module name is "package.module", but the module calls
-	   Py_InitModule*() with just "module" for the name.  The shared
-	   library loader squirrels away the true name of the module in
-	   _Py_PackageContext, and Py_InitModule*() will substitute this
-	   (if the name actually matches).
-	*/
-	if (_Py_PackageContext != NULL) {
-		char *p = strrchr(_Py_PackageContext, '.');
-		if (p != NULL && strcmp(name, p+1) == 0) {
-			name = _Py_PackageContext;
-			_Py_PackageContext = NULL;
-		}
-	}
-	if ((m = PyImport_AddModule(name)) == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-	d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
-	if (methods != NULL) {
-		n = PyUnicode_FromString(name);
-		if (n == NULL)
-			return NULL;
-		for (ml = methods; ml->ml_name != NULL; ml++) {
-			if ((ml->ml_flags & METH_CLASS) ||
-			    (ml->ml_flags & METH_STATIC)) {
-				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-						"module functions cannot set"
-						" METH_CLASS or METH_STATIC");
-				Py_DECREF(n);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			v = PyCFunction_NewEx(ml, passthrough, n);
-			if (v == NULL) {
-				Py_DECREF(n);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			if (PyDict_SetItemString(d, ml->ml_name, v) != 0) {
-				Py_DECREF(v);
-				Py_DECREF(n);
-				return NULL;
-			}
-			Py_DECREF(v);
-		}
-		Py_DECREF(n);
-	}
-	if (doc != NULL) {
-		v = PyUnicode_FromString(doc);
-		if (v == NULL || PyDict_SetItemString(d, "__doc__", v) != 0) {
-			Py_XDECREF(v);
-			return NULL;
-		}
-		Py_DECREF(v);
-	}
-	return m;
-}
-
-
 /* Helper for mkvalue() to scan the length of a format */
 
 static int