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<span id="importlib-convenience-wrappers-for-import"></span><h1>31.2. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-importlib" title="importlib: Convenience wrappers for __import__"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">importlib</span></code></a> — Convenience wrappers for <a class="reference internal" href="functions.html#__import__" title="__import__"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__import__()</span></code></a><a class="headerlink" href="#module-importlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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