code: def load():
      
      if 'Windows' == platform.system():
          # Possible scenarios here
          #   1. Run from source, DLLs are in pylibdmtx directory
          #       cdll.LoadLibrary() imports DLLs in repo root directory
          #   2. Wheel install into CPython installation
          #       cdll.LoadLibrary() imports DLLs in package directory
          #   3. Wheel install into virtualenv
          #       cdll.LoadLibrary() imports DLLs in package directory
          #   4. Frozen
          #       cdll.LoadLibrary() imports DLLs alongside executable
  
          fname = _windows_fname()
          try:
              libdmtx = cdll.LoadLibrary(fname)
          except OSError:
              libdmtx = cdll.LoadLibrary(
                  str(Path(__file__).parent.joinpath(fname))
              )
      else:
          # Assume a shared library on the path
          path = find_library('dmtx')
          if not path:
              raise ImportError('Unable to find dmtx shared library')
          libdmtx = cdll.LoadLibrary(path)
  
      return libdmtx
docs: Loads the libdmtx shared library.