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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def load_module(self, fullname):
 """ Returns an empty module. """

        mod = sys.modules.setdefault(fullname, imp.new_module(fullname))
        mod.__file__ = self._path
        mod.__loader__ = self
        mod.__path__ = []
        mod.__package__ = fullname
        return mod