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<https://github.com/pantsbuild/pex/issues/2137|#2137 Replace deprecated imp module with importlib>
Issue created by <https://github.com/hugovk|hugovk>
This project uses the <https://docs.python.org/3/library/imp.html|`imp` module> which has been deprecated since Python 3.4 and removed in 3.12:

• Raised `PendingDeprecationWarning` since <https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e4f41deccf94ccc798b1eb1f44657ade66669a60|3.4 (2014)>
• Raised `DeprecationWarning` since <https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c0d91aff9a3b91307b26e8b7c34dfbf27bbdd43a|3.5 (2015)>
• Updated `DeprecationWarning` to say removal in 3.12 since <https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dc6d3e1e4c0c1e4b2210edab8fb4762569dc2936|3.10 (2021)>
• Removal planned for <https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98040|3.12> <https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/98573|(2023)>

Python 3.12 is <https://devguide.python.org/versions/|set for release on 2023-10-02> and this library is one of the <https://hugovk.github.io/top-pypi-packages/|top 5,000 most-downloaded from PyPI>.

Please could you upgrade to use `importlib`? The <https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/imp.html|`imp` docs> have suggestions on what to use to replace each function and constant.
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