#include PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_{modname}(void) {{ PyObject *tmp; if (!(tmp = PyImport_ImportModule("{libname}"))) return NULL; Py_DECREF(tmp); void *init_func = PyCapsule_Import("{libname}.init_{full_modname}", 0); if (!init_func) {{ return NULL; }} return ((PyObject *(*)(void))init_func)(); }} // distutils sometimes spuriously tells cl to export CPyInit___init__, // so provide that so it chills out PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit___init__(void) {{ return PyInit_{modname}(); }}