[PEP 594] is going deprecates the `imp` standard modules in PY3.8 in order to completely remove them in PY3.10. The `imp` module provides the `new_module` function. It returns a new module created solely using its name. The `types.ModuleName` is a drop-in replacement. Task: 2003936 [PEP 594]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0594/\#imp closes odoo/odoo#36463 Signed-off-by: Raphael Collet (rco) <rco@openerp.com>