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 full version string. */

#include "Python.h"

#include "patchlevel.h"

const char *
Py_GetVersion(void)
{
	static char version[250];
	sprintf(version, "%.80s (%.80s) %.80s", PY_VERSION,
		Py_GetBuildInfo(), Py_GetCompiler());
	return version;
}