ImportError: No module named dl

[mathieu]

Hi there,

  I cannot figure out where did the 'dl' module went when running
python on AMD64 (debian stable).

  According to the documentation, I have :

 
python
>>> import sys
>>> help(sys.setdlopenflags)

...
setdlopenflags(...)
<snip>
    sys.setdlopenflags(dl.RTLD_NOW|dl.RTLD_GLOBAL)
...

But when -as suggested by the doc- to load dl, I am getting:

>>> import dl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named dl

dl module is extremely important since I need to load shared lib with
RTLD_GLOBAL (and not RTLD_LOCAL)
Ref:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-05/msg00869.html
& http://lists.apple.com/archives/xcode-users/2006/Feb/msg00234.html

Thanks
-Mathieu