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   :platform: Unix
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   :synopsis: Call C functions in shared objects.
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   :deprecated:
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.. deprecated:: 2.6
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    The :mod:`dl` module has been removed in Python 3.0. Use the :mod:`ctypes`
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    module instead.
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.. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka <moshez@zadka.site.co.il>
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The :mod:`dl` module defines an interface to the :cfunc:`dlopen` function, which
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   Return the pointer for the function named *name*, as a number, if it exists in
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   the referenced shared object, otherwise ``None``. This is useful in code like::
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      >>> if a.sym('time'): 
 
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      >>> if a.sym('time'):
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      ...     a.call('time')
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      ... else:
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      ...     time.time()
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   (Note that this function will return a non-zero number, as zero is the *NULL*