+/**
+ * Import a Python module by name.
+ *
+ * This function is implemented in terms of PyImport_Import() rather than
+ * PyImport_ImportModule(), so that the import hooks are not bypassed.
+ *
+ * @param[in] name The name of the module to load as UTF-8 string.
+ * @return The Python module object, or NULL if an exception occurred. The
+ * caller is responsible for evaluating and clearing the Python error state.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+SRD_PRIV PyObject *py_import_by_name(const char *name)
+{
+ PyObject *py_mod, *py_modname;
+
+ py_modname = PyUnicode_FromString(name);
+ if (!py_modname)
+ return NULL;
+
+ py_mod = PyImport_Import(py_modname);
+ Py_DECREF(py_modname);
+
+ return py_mod;
+}
+