def module(self):
        """The template as module.  This is used for imports in the
        template runtime but is also useful if one wants to access
        exported template variables from the Python layer:

        >>> t = Template('{% macro foo() %}42{% endmacro %}23')
        >>> unicode(t.module)
        u'23'
        >>> t.module.foo()
        u'42'
        """
        if self._module is not None:
            return self._module
        self._module = rv = self.make_module()
        return rv