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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"importhook.cs breaks python's import interface","articleBody":"### Environment\r\n\r\n-   Pythonnet version: 2.5.1\r\n-   Python version: 3.7.9\r\n-   Operating System: Windows 10\r\n\r\n### Details\r\n\r\n-   Describe what you were trying to get done.\r\n\r\npythonnet overwrites the python's `__import__` routine, but does not implement python's signature precisely:\r\noriginal python's signature is \r\n```python\r\n__import__(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=(), level=0)\r\n```\r\n\r\nMost other python modules call the name parameter as positional: `__import__(\"foo\", ...`\r\n\r\nSome packages (e.g. kivy) use `__import__` as\r\n```python\r\n    __import__(\r\n        name='{2}.{0}.{1}'.format(basemodule, modulename, base),\r\n        globals=globals(), locals=locals(), fromlist=[modulename], level=0\r\n    )\r\n```\r\ni.e. the name argument used as keyword argument in the call. Both calls are valid in python's `__import__`, but fail at the overwritten `__import__` with\r\n\r\n```python\r\nTypeError: __import__() takes at least 1 argument (0 given)\r\n```\r\n\r\nA hotfix is to alter the other modules code to\r\n```python\r\n    __import__(\r\n        '{2}.{0}.{1}'.format(basemodule, modulename, base),\r\n        globals=globals(), locals=locals(), fromlist=[modulename], level=0\r\n    )\r\n```\r\nbut the broken code is within pythonnet.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/SStarosielec","@type":"Person","name":"SStarosielec"},"datePublished":"2020-10-05T08:56:21.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/1245/pythonnet/issues/1245"}