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+#!/bin/true
+import os, sys, imp
+
+panda3d_modules = {
+    "core"    :("libpandaexpress", "libpanda"),
+    "physics" : "libpandaphysics",
+    "fx"      : "libpandafx",
+    "direct"  : "libp3direct",
+    "skel"    : "libpandaskel",
+    "egg"     : "libpandaegg",
+    "ode"     : "libpandaode",
+}
+
+class panda3d_import_manager:
+    # Important: store a reference to the sys and os modules, as
+    # all references in the global namespace will be reset.
+    os = os
+    sys = sys
+    imp = imp
+    
+    # Figure out the dll suffix (commonly, _d for windows debug builds),
+    # and the dll extension.
+    dll_suffix = ''
+    dll_exts = ('.pyd', '.so')
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        dll_exts = ('.pyd', '.dll')
+
+        # We allow the caller to preload dll_suffix into the sys module.
+        dll_suffix = getattr(sys, 'dll_suffix', None)
+
+        if dll_suffix is None:
+            # Otherwise, we try to determine it from the executable name:
+            # python_d.exe implies _d across the board.
+            dll_suffix = ''
+            if sys.executable.endswith('_d.exe'):
+                dll_suffix = '_d'
+    
+    # On OSX, extension modules can be loaded from either .so or .dylib.
+    if sys.platform == "darwin":
+        dll_exts = ('.pyd', '.so', '.dylib')
+    
+    prepared = False
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def __prepare(cls):
+        # This method only needs to be called once.
+        if cls.prepared:
+            return
+        cls.prepared = True
+        
+        # First, we must ensure that the library path is
+        # modified to locate all of the dynamic libraries.
+        target = None
+        filename = "libpandaexpress" + cls.dll_suffix
+        if cls.sys.platform == "win32":
+            filename += "_d"
+        for dir in cls.sys.path + [cls.sys.prefix]:
+            lib = cls.os.path.join(dir, filename)
+            for dll_ext in cls.dll_exts:
+                if (cls.os.path.exists(lib + dll_ext)):
+                    target = dir
+                    break
+        if target == None:
+            message = "Cannot find %s" % (filename)
+            raise ImportError, message
+        target = cls.os.path.abspath(target)
+
+        # And add that directory to the system library path.
+        if cls.sys.platform == "win32":
+            cls.__prepend_to_path("PATH", target)
+        else:
+            cls.__prepend_to_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", target)
+        
+        if cls.sys.platform == "darwin":
+            cls.__prepend_to_path("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH", target)
+        
+    @classmethod
+    def __prepend_to_path(cls, varname, target):
+        """ Prepends the given directory to the
+        specified search path environment variable. """
+        
+        # Get the current value
+        if varname in cls.os.environ:
+            path = cls.os.environ[varname].strip(cls.os.pathsep)
+        else:
+            path = ""
+        
+        # Prepend our value, if it's not already the first thing
+        if len(path) == 0:
+            cls.os.environ[varname] = target
+        elif not path.startswith(target):
+            cls.os.environ[varname] = target + cls.os.pathsep + path
+    
+    @classmethod
+    def libimport(cls, name):
+        """ Imports and returns the specified library name. The
+        provided library name has to be without dll extension. """
+        
+        if not cls.prepared: cls.__prepare()
+        
+        # Try to import it normally first.
+        try:
+            return __import__(name)
+        except ImportError, err:
+            if str(err) != "No module named " + name:
+                raise
+        
+        # Hm, importing normally didn't work. Let's try imp.load_dynamic.
+        # But first, locate the desired library.
+        target = None
+        filename = name + cls.dll_suffix
+        for dir in cls.sys.path + [cls.sys.prefix]:
+            lib = cls.os.path.join(dir, filename)
+            for dll_ext in cls.dll_exts:
+                if (cls.os.path.exists(lib + dll_ext)):
+                    target = lib + dll_ext
+                    break
+        if target == None:
+            message = "DLL loader cannot find %s." % name
+            raise ImportError, message
+        target = cls.os.path.abspath(target)
+
+        # Now import the file explicitly.
+        return cls.imp.load_dynamic(name, target)
+
+class panda3d_submodule(type(sys)):
+    """ Represents a submodule of 'panda3d' that represents a dynamic
+    library. This dynamic library is loaded when something is accessed
+    from the module. """
+    
+    __manager__ = panda3d_import_manager
+    
+    def __init__(self, name, library):
+        type(sys).__init__(self, "panda3d." + name)
+        self.__library__ = library
+        self.__libraries__ = [self.__library__]
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        mod = self.__manager__.libimport(self.__library__)
+        if name == "__all__":
+            return dir(mod)
+        elif name in dir(mod):
+            return mod.__dict__[name]
+        
+        # Not found? Raise the error that Python would normally raise.
+        raise AttributeError, "'module' object has no attribute '%s'" % name
+
+class panda3d_multisubmodule(type(sys)):
+    """ Represents a submodule of 'panda3d' that represents multiple
+    dynamic libraries. These are loaded when something is accessed
+    from the module. """
+    
+    __manager__ = panda3d_import_manager
+    
+    def __init__(self, name, libraries):
+        type(sys).__init__(self, "panda3d." + name)
+        self.__libraries__ = libraries
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name == "__all__":
+            everything = []
+            for lib in self.__libraries__:
+                everything += dir(self.__manager__.libimport(self.__libraries__))
+
+        for lib in self.__libraries__:
+            mod = self.__manager__.libimport(lib)
+            if name in dir(mod):
+                return mod.__dict__[name]
+
+        # Not found? Raise the error that Python would normally raise.
+        raise AttributeError, "'module' object has no attribute '%s'" % name
+
+class panda3d_module(type(sys)):
+    """ Represents the main 'panda3d' module. """
+    
+    modules = panda3d_modules
+    
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        if name == "__all__":
+            return self.modules.keys()
+        elif name in self.modules:
+            return sys.modules["panda3d.%s" % name]
+
+        # Not found? Raise the error that Python would normally raise.
+        raise AttributeError, "'module' object has no attribute '%s'" % name
+
+# Create the fake module objects and insert them into sys.modules.
+this = panda3d_module("panda3d")
+
+# Loop through the module dictionary, create a fake
+# module for each of them, and insert them into
+# sys.modules and into the 'panda3d' fake module.
+for mod, lib in panda3d_modules.items():
+    if isinstance(lib, tuple):
+        module = panda3d_multisubmodule(mod, lib)
+    else:
+        module = panda3d_submodule(mod, lib)
+    sys.modules["panda3d." + mod] = module
+    this.__dict__[mod] = module
+
+# Important: this must be the last thing in this file
+sys.modules["panda3d"] = this