Index: includes/common.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/common.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.550
diff -u -r1.550 common.inc
--- includes/common.inc	29 Jul 2006 17:56:41 -0000	1.550
+++ includes/common.inc	1 Aug 2006 15:39:36 -0000
@@ -1190,6 +1190,23 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Includes a file that belongs to a module
+ * 
+ * @param $module
+ *   The module to which the item belongs
+ * @param $type
+ *   The type of the item (e.g. 'theme' or 'inc')
+ * @param $name
+ *   The name of the item if it does not equal to $module
+ * 
+ */
+function drupal_load_modulefile($module, $type, $name = NULL) {
+  if (is_null($name))
+    $name = $module;
+  include_once(drupal_get_path('module', $module) . "/$name.$type");
+}
+
+/**
  * Provide a substitute clone() function for PHP4.
  */
 function drupal_clone($object) {