1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 1b7f609206..5bafbc00e0 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1026,6 +1026,19 @@ PyObject_SelfIter(PyObject *obj)
     return obj;
 }
 
+/* Convenience function to get a builtin from its name */
+PyObject *
+_PyObject_GetBuiltin(const char *name)
+{
+    PyObject *mod, *attr;
+    mod = PyImport_ImportModule("builtins");
+    if (mod == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    attr = PyObject_GetAttrString(mod, name);
+    Py_DECREF(mod);
+    return attr;
+}
+
 /* Helper used when the __next__ method is removed from a type:
    tp_iternext is never NULL and can be safely called without checking
    on every iteration.