This modified version of a patch by Thomas Heller allows __import__ hooks to take over the Python import machinery at a very early stage in the Python startup phase. If there are still places in the Python interpreter which need to bypass the __import__ hook, these places must now use PyImport_ImportModuleEx() instead. So far no other places than in the import mechanism itself have been identified.

/* Return the compiler identification, if possible. */

#include "Python.h"

#ifndef COMPILER

#ifdef __GNUC__
#define COMPILER "\n[GCC " __VERSION__ "]"
#endif

#endif /* !COMPILER */

#ifndef COMPILER

#ifdef __cplusplus
#define COMPILER "[C++]"
#else
#define COMPILER "[C]"
#endif

#endif /* !COMPILER */

const char *
Py_GetCompiler(void)
{
	return COMPILER;
}