pythonnet · lostmsu · Oct 8, 2020 · Jun 13, 2019 · Jun 13, 2019 · Jun 13, 2019
diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 -   William Sardar ([@williamsardar])(https://github.com/williamsardar)
 -   Xavier Dupré ([@sdpython](https://github.com/sdpython))
 -   Zane Purvis ([@zanedp](https://github.com/zanedp))
+-   ([@amos402]https://github.com/amos402)
 -   ([@bltribble](https://github.com/bltribble))
 -   ([@civilx64](https://github.com/civilx64))
 -   ([@GSPP](https://github.com/GSPP))

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ This document follows the conventions laid out in [Keep a CHANGELOG][].
 -   PythonEngine.Intialize will now call `Py_InitializeEx` with a default value of 0, so signals will not be configured by default on embedding. This is different from the previous behaviour, where `Py_Initialize` was called instead, which sets initSigs to 1. ([#449][i449])
 -   Refactored MethodBinder.Bind in preparation to make it extensible (#829)
 -   Look for installed Windows 10 sdk's during installation instead of relying on specific versions.
+-   Remove `LoadLibrary` call. ([#880][p880])
 
 ### Fixed
 

diff --git a/src/runtime/runtime.cs b/src/runtime/runtime.cs
@@ -301,26 +301,18 @@ internal static void Initialize(bool initSigs = false, ShutdownMode mode = Shutd
 
             Error = new IntPtr(-1);
 
+            _PyObject_NextNotImplemented = Get_PyObject_NextNotImplemented();
+            {
+                IntPtr sys = PyImport_ImportModule("sys");
+                PyModuleType = PyObject_Type(sys);
+                XDecref(sys);
+            }
+
             // Initialize data about the platform we're running on. We need
             // this for the type manager and potentially other details. Must
             // happen after caching the python types, above.
             NativeCodePageHelper.InitializePlatformData();
 
-            IntPtr dllLocal = IntPtr.Zero;
-            var loader = LibraryLoader.Get(NativeCodePageHelper.OperatingSystem);
-
-            if (_PythonDll != "__Internal")
-            {
-                dllLocal = loader.Load(_PythonDll);
-            }
-            _PyObject_NextNotImplemented = loader.GetFunction(dllLocal, "_PyObject_NextNotImplemented");
-            PyModuleType = loader.GetFunction(dllLocal, "PyModule_Type");
-
-            if (dllLocal != IntPtr.Zero)
-            {
-                loader.Free(dllLocal);
-            }
-
             // Initialize modules that depend on the runtime class.
             AssemblyManager.Initialize();
 #if !NETSTANDARD
@@ -347,6 +339,13 @@ internal static void Initialize(bool initSigs = false, ShutdownMode mode = Shutd
             AssemblyManager.UpdatePath();
         }
 
+        private static IntPtr Get_PyObject_NextNotImplemented()
+        {
+            IntPtr pyType = SlotHelper.CreateObjectType();
+            IntPtr iternext = Marshal.ReadIntPtr(pyType, TypeOffset.tp_iternext);
+            Runtime.XDecref(pyType);
+            return iternext;
+        }
 
         internal static void Shutdown()
         {
@@ -1985,7 +1984,7 @@ internal static IntPtr PyType_GenericAlloc(IntPtr type, long n)
         private static extern IntPtr PyType_GenericAlloc(IntPtr type, IntPtr n);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish their initialization. This function is responsible for adding inherited slots from a type’s base class. Return 0 on success, or return -1 and sets an exception on error.
+        /// Finalize a type object. This should be called on all type objects to finish their initialization. This function is responsible for adding inherited slots from a type��s base class. Return 0 on success, or return -1 and sets an exception on error.
         /// </summary>
         [DllImport(_PythonDll, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
         internal static extern int PyType_Ready(IntPtr type);
@@ -2168,13 +2167,15 @@ internal static void Py_CLEAR(ref IntPtr ob)
         internal static void SetNoSiteFlag()
         {
             var loader = LibraryLoader.Get(NativeCodePageHelper.OperatingSystem);
-
             IntPtr dllLocal;
             if (_PythonDll != "__Internal")
             {
                 dllLocal = loader.Load(_PythonDll);
+                if (dllLocal == IntPtr.Zero)
+                {
+                    throw new Exception($"Cannot load {_PythonDll}");
+                }
             }
-
             try
             {
                 Py_NoSiteFlag = loader.GetFunction(dllLocal, "Py_NoSiteFlag");