old_contents: import os
  from celery.loaders.djangoapp import Loader as DjangoLoader
  from celery.loaders.default import Loader as DefaultLoader
  from django.conf import settings
  from django.core.management import setup_environ
  
  """
  .. class:: Loader
  
  The current loader class.
  
  """
  Loader = DefaultLoader
  if settings.configured:
      Loader = DjangoLoader
  else:
      if not callable(getattr(os, "fork", None)):
          # Platform doesn't support fork()
          # XXX On systems without fork, multiprocessing seems to be launching
          # the processes in some other way which does not copy the memory
          # of the parent process. This means that any configured env might
          # be lost. This is a hack to make it work on Windows.
          # A better way might be to use os.environ to set the currently
          # used configuration method so to propogate it to the "child"
          # processes. But this has to be experimented with.
          # [asksol/heyman]
          try:
              settings_mod = os.environ.get("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE",
                                            "settings")
              project_settings = __import__(settings_mod, {}, {}, [''])
              setup_environ(project_settings)
              Loader = DjangoLoader
          except ImportError:
              pass
  
  """
  .. data:: current_loader
  
  The current loader instance.
  
  """
  current_loader = Loader()
  
  
  """
  .. data:: settings
  
  The global settings object.
  
  """
  settings = current_loader.conf
  
new_contents: import os
  from celery.loaders.djangoapp import Loader as DjangoLoader
  from celery.loaders.default import Loader as DefaultLoader
  from django.conf import settings
  from django.core.management import setup_environ
  
  """
  .. class:: Loader
  
  The current loader class.
  
  """
  Loader = DefaultLoader
  if settings.configured:
      Loader = DjangoLoader
  else:
      try:
          # A settings module may be defined, but Django didn't attempt to 
          # load it yet. As an alternative to calling the private _setup(),
          # we could also check whether DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is set.
          settings._setup() 
      except ImportError:
          if not callable(getattr(os, "fork", None)):
              # Platform doesn't support fork()
              # XXX On systems without fork, multiprocessing seems to be launching
              # the processes in some other way which does not copy the memory
              # of the parent process. This means that any configured env might
              # be lost. This is a hack to make it work on Windows.
              # A better way might be to use os.environ to set the currently
              # used configuration method so to propogate it to the "child"
              # processes. But this has to be experimented with.
              # [asksol/heyman]
              try:
                  settings_mod = os.environ.get("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE",
                                                "settings")
                  project_settings = __import__(settings_mod, {}, {}, [''])
                  setup_environ(project_settings)
                  Loader = DjangoLoader
              except ImportError:
                  pass
      else:
          Loader = DjangoLoader
  
  """
  .. data:: current_loader
  
  The current loader instance.
  
  """
  current_loader = Loader()
  
  
  """
  .. data:: settings
  
  The global settings object.
  
  """
  settings = current_loader.conf
  
subject: Use a django settings module, if defined, even if it wasn't already loaded by Django (for example, when using ./celeryd directly rather than the celeryd management command.