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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+u"""Core modules package for the mudpy engine."""
+
+# Copyright (c) 2004-2009 Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>. Permission
+# to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is granted under
+# terms provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
+
+def load():
+ u"""Import/reload some modules (be careful, as this can result in loops)."""
+
+ # pick up the modules list from this package
+ global modules
+
+ # iterate over the list of modules provided
+ for module in modules:
+
+ # attempt to reload the module, assuming it was probably imported earlier
+ try: exec(u"reload(%s)" % module)
+
+ # must not have been, so import it now
+ except NameError: exec(u"import %s" % module)
+
+# load the modules contained in this package
+modules = [ u"misc" ]
+load()