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diff --git a/externals/loaders/help/import-help.pd b/externals/loaders/help/import-help.pd
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+#N canvas 476 83 465 356 10;
+#X msg 112 134 bang;
+#X text 33 42 [import] loads libraries from the patch. Currently \,
+it loads the libraries into the global namespace \, but the grand plan
+is for it only load the libraries into the patch's namespace.;
+#X obj 112 159 import ext13 memento rradical;
+#X text 37 204 Sending a bang to [import] makes it output information
+about the libraries it loaded to the Console.;
+#X text 27 300 (C) Copyright 2004 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>
+;
+#X text 244 314 released under the GNU GPL;
+#X connect 0 0 2 0;
diff --git a/externals/loaders/import.c b/externals/loaders/import.c
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+/*
+ * This object loads libraries and libdirs from within a patch. It is the
+ * first small step towards a patch-specific namespace.  Currently, it just
+ * adds things to the global path.  It is a reimplementation of a similar/same
+ * idea from Guenter Geiger's [using] object.   <hans@at.or.at>
+ *
+ * This object currently depends on the packages/patches/libdir-0.38-4.patch
+ * for sys_load_lib_dir().
+ */
+
+#include "m_pd.h"
+#include "s_stuff.h"
+
+static t_class *import_class;
+
+typedef struct _import
+{
+    t_object    x_obj;
+    t_atom*     loaded_libs;
+    t_atom*     current;
+    t_int       num_libs;
+} t_import;
+
+
+static int import_load_lib(char *libname)
+{
+    if (!sys_load_lib(sys_libdir->s_name, libname))
+        if (!sys_load_lib_dir(sys_libdir->s_name, libname)) 
+        {
+            post("%s: can't load library in %s", libname, sys_libdir->s_name);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+static void import_load_arguments(t_import *x, int argc, t_atom *argv)
+{
+    t_symbol *libname;
+    
+    while (argc--) {
+        switch (argv->a_type) {
+        case A_FLOAT:
+            post("[import] ERROR: floats not supported yet: %f",atom_getfloat(argv));
+            break;
+        case A_SYMBOL:
+            libname = atom_getsymbol(argv);
+        
+            if (import_load_lib(libname->s_name))
+            {
+                x->loaded_libs = copybytes(libname, sizeof(t_atom));
+                x->current = x->loaded_libs;
+                x->num_libs++;
+            }
+            post("blahsymbol: %s",libname->s_name);
+            break;
+        default:
+            post("[import] ERROR: Unsupported atom type");
+        }
+        argv++;
+    }
+}
+
+
+static void import_bang(t_import *x)
+{
+    t_int i = x->num_libs;
+    t_atom* libs_list = x->loaded_libs;
+    
+    post("[import]: %d libs loaded.",x->num_libs);
+    while(i--)
+    {
+        startpost(" %s",(atom_getsymbol(libs_list))->s_name);
+        libs_list++;
+    }
+    endpost();
+}
+
+
+static void *import_new(t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
+{
+    t_import *x = (t_import *)pd_new(import_class);
+    x->loaded_libs = 0;
+    x->num_libs = 0;
+    import_load_arguments(x,argc,argv);
+    return (x);
+}
+
+
+static void import_free(t_import *x)
+{
+
+  if (x->loaded_libs) {
+    freebytes(x->loaded_libs, x->num_libs * sizeof(t_atom));
+    x->loaded_libs = 0;
+    x->num_libs = 0;
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+void import_setup(void)
+{
+    import_class = class_new(gensym("import"), (t_newmethod)import_new,
+                             (t_method)import_free,
+                             sizeof(t_import), 
+                             CLASS_DEFAULT, 
+                             A_GIMME, 
+                             0);
+    class_addbang    (import_class, import_bang);
+}