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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-08-04 04:00:20 (GMT)
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+"""New import scheme with package support.
+
+A Package is a module that can contain other modules. Packages can be
+nested. Package introduce dotted names for modules, like P.Q.M, which
+could correspond to a file P/Q/M.py found somewhere on sys.path. It
+is possible to import a package itself, though this makes little sense
+unless the package contains a module called __init__.
+
+A package has two variables that control the namespace used for
+packages and modules, both initialized to sensible defaults the first
+time the package is referenced.
+
+(1) A package's *module search path*, contained in the per-package
+variable __path__, defines a list of *directories* where submodules or
+subpackages of the package are searched. It is initialized to the
+directory containing the package. Setting this variable to None makes
+the module search path default to sys.path (this is not quite the same
+as setting it to sys.path, since the latter won't track later
+assignments to sys.path).
+
+(2) A package's *import domain*, contained in the per-package variable
+__domain__, defines a list of *packages* that are searched (using
+their respective module search paths) to satisfy imports. It is
+initialized to the list cosisting of the package itself, its parent
+package, its parent's parent, and so on, ending with the root package
+(the nameless package containing all top-level packages and modules,
+whose module search path is None, implying sys.path).
+
+The default domain implements a search algorithm called "expanding
+search". An alternative search algorithm called "explicit search"
+fixes the import search path to contain only the root package,
+requiring the modules in the package to name all imported modules by
+their full name. The convention of using '__' to refer to the current
+package (both as a per-module variable and in module names) can be
+used by packages using explicit search to refer to modules in the same
+package; this combination is known as "explicit-relative search".
+
+The PackageImporter and PackageLoader classes together implement the
+following policies:
+
+- There is a root package, whose name is ''. It cannot be imported
+ directly but may be referenced, e.g. by using '__' from a top-level
+ module.
+
+- In each module or package, the variable '__' contains a reference to
+ the parent package; in the root package, '__' points to itself.
+
+- In the name for imported modules (e.g. M in "import M" or "from M
+ import ..."), a leading '__' refers to the current package (i.e.
+ the package containing the current module); leading '__.__' and so
+ on refer to the current package's parent, and so on. The use of
+ '__' elsewhere in the module name is not supported.
+
+- Modules are searched using the "expanding search" algorithm by
+ virtue of the default value for __domain__.
+
+- If A.B.C is imported, A is searched using __domain__; then
+ subpackage B is searched in A using its __path__, and so on.
+
+- Built-in modules have priority: even if a file sys.py exists in a
+ package, "import sys" imports the built-in sys module.
+
+- The same holds for frozen modules, for better or for worse.
+
+- Submodules and subpackages are not automatically loaded when their
+ parent packages is loaded.
+
+- The construct "from package import *" is illegal. (It can still be
+ used to import names from a module.)
+
+- When "from package import module1, module2, ..." is used, those
+ modules are explicitly loaded.
+
+- When a package is loaded, if it has a submodule __init__, that
+ module is loaded. This is the place where required submodules can
+ be loaded, the __path__ variable extended, etc. The __init__ module
+ is loaded even if the package was loaded only in order to create a
+ stub for a sub-package: if "import P.Q.R" is the first reference to
+ P, and P has a submodule __init__, P.__init__ is loaded before P.Q
+ is even searched.
+
+Caveats:
+
+- It is possible to import a package that has no __init__ submodule;
+ this is not particularly useful but there may be useful applications
+ for it (e.g. to manipulate its search paths from the outside!).
+
+- There are no special provisions for os.chdir(). If you plan to use
+ os.chdir() before you have imported all your modules, it is better
+ not to have relative pathnames in sys.path. (This could actually be
+ fixed by changing the implementation of path_join() in the hook to
+ absolutize paths.)
+
+- Packages and modules are introduced in sys.modules as soon as their
+ loading is started. When the loading is terminated by an exception,
+ the sys.modules entries remain around.
+
+- There are no special measures to support mutually recursive modules,
+ but it will work under the same conditions where it works in the
+ flat module space system.
+
+- Sometimes dummy entries (whose value is None) are entered in
+ sys.modules, to indicate that a particular module does not exist --
+ this is done to speed up the expanding search algorithm when a
+ module residing at a higher level is repeatedly imported (Python
+ promises that importing a previously imported module is cheap!)
+
+- Although dynamically loaded extensions are allowed inside packages,
+ the current implementation (hardcoded in the interpreter) of their
+ initialization may cause problems if an extension invokes the
+ interpreter during its initialization.
+
+- reload() may find another version of the module only if it occurs on
+ the package search path. Thus, it keeps the connection to the
+ package to which the module belongs, but may find a different file.
+
+XXX Need to have an explicit name for '', e.g. '__root__'.
+
+"""
+
+
+import imp
+import string
+import sys
+import __builtin__
+
+import ihooks
+from ihooks import ModuleLoader, ModuleImporter
+
+
+class PackageLoader(ModuleLoader):
+
+ """A subclass of ModuleLoader with package support.
+
+ find_module_in_dir() will succeed if there's a subdirectory with
+ the given name; load_module() will create a stub for a package and
+ load its __init__ module if it exists.
+
+ """
+
+ def find_module_in_dir(self, name, dir):
+ if dir is not None:
+ dirname = self.hooks.path_join(dir, name)
+ if self.hooks.path_isdir(dirname):
+ return None, dirname, ('', '', 'PACKAGE')
+ return ModuleLoader.find_module_in_dir(self, name, dir)
+
+ def load_module(self, name, stuff):
+ file, filename, info = stuff
+ suff, mode, type = info
+ if type == 'PACKAGE':
+ return self.load_package(name, stuff)
+ if sys.modules.has_key(name):
+ m = sys.modules[name]
+ else:
+ sys.modules[name] = m = imp.new_module(name)
+ self.set_parent(m)
+ if type == imp.C_EXTENSION and '.' in name:
+ return self.load_dynamic(name, stuff)
+ else:
+ return ModuleLoader.load_module(self, name, stuff)
+
+ def load_dynamic(self, name, stuff):
+ file, filename, (suff, mode, type) = stuff
+ # Hack around restriction in imp.load_dynamic()
+ i = string.rfind(name, '.')
+ tail = name[i+1:]
+ if sys.modules.has_key(tail):
+ save = sys.modules[tail]
+ else:
+ save = None
+ sys.modules[tail] = imp.new_module(name)
+ try:
+ m = imp.load_dynamic(tail, filename, file)
+ finally:
+ if save:
+ sys.modules[tail] = save
+ else:
+ del sys.modules[tail]
+ sys.modules[name] = m
+ return m
+
+ def load_package(self, name, stuff):
+ file, filename, info = stuff
+ if sys.modules.has_key(name):
+ package = sys.modules[name]
+ else:
+ sys.modules[name] = package = imp.new_module(name)
+ package.__path__ = [filename]
+ self.init_package(package)
+ return package
+
+ def init_package(self, package):
+ self.set_parent(package)
+ self.set_domain(package)
+ self.call_init_module(package)
+
+ def set_parent(self, m):
+ name = m.__name__
+ if '.' in name:
+ name = name[:string.rfind(name, '.')]
+ else:
+ name = ''
+ m.__ = sys.modules[name]
+
+ def set_domain(self, package):
+ name = package.__name__
+ package.__domain__ = domain = [name]
+ while '.' in name:
+ name = name[:string.rfind(name, '.')]
+ domain.append(name)
+ if name:
+ domain.append('')
+
+ def call_init_module(self, package):
+ stuff = self.find_module('__init__', package.__path__)
+ if stuff:
+ m = self.load_module(package.__name__ + '.__init__', stuff)
+ package.__init__ = m
+
+
+class PackageImporter(ModuleImporter):
+
+ """Importer that understands packages and '__'."""
+
+ def __init__(self, loader = None, verbose = 0):
+ ModuleImporter.__init__(self,
+ loader or PackageLoader(None, verbose), verbose)
+
+ def import_module(self, name, globals={}, locals={}, fromlist=[]):
+ if globals.has_key('__'):
+ package = globals['__']
+ else:
+ # No calling context, assume in root package
+ package = sys.modules['']
+ if name[:3] in ('__.', '__'):
+ p = package
+ name = name[3:]
+ while name[:3] in ('__.', '__'):
+ p = package.__
+ name = name[3:]
+ if not name:
+ return self.finish(package, p, '', fromlist)
+ if '.' in name:
+ i = string.find(name, '.')
+ name, tail = name[:i], name[i:]
+ else:
+ tail = ''
+ mname = p.__name__ and p.__name__+'.'+name or name
+ m = self.get1(mname)
+ return self.finish(package, m, tail, fromlist)
+ if '.' in name:
+ i = string.find(name, '.')
+ name, tail = name[:i], name[i:]
+ else:
+ tail = ''
+ for pname in package.__domain__:
+ mname = pname and pname+'.'+name or name
+ m = self.get0(mname)
+ if m: break
+ else:
+ raise ImportError, "No such module %s" % name
+ return self.finish(m, m, tail, fromlist)
+
+ def finish(self, module, m, tail, fromlist):
+ # Got ....A; now get ....A.B.C.D
+ yname = m.__name__
+ if tail and sys.modules.has_key(yname + tail): # Fast path
+ yname, tail = yname + tail, ''
+ m = self.get1(yname)
+ while tail:
+ i = string.find(tail, '.', 1)
+ if i > 0:
+ head, tail = tail[:i], tail[i:]
+ else:
+ head, tail = tail, ''
+ yname = yname + head
+ m = self.get1(yname)
+
+ # Got ....A.B.C.D; now finalize things depending on fromlist
+ if not fromlist:
+ return module
+ if '__' in fromlist:
+ raise ImportError, "Can't import __ from anywhere"
+ if not hasattr(m, '__path__'): return m
+ if '*' in fromlist:
+ raise ImportError, "Can't import * from a package"
+ for f in fromlist:
+ if hasattr(m, f): continue
+ fname = yname + '.' + f
+ self.get1(fname)
+ return m
+
+ def get1(self, name):
+ m = self.get(name)
+ if not m:
+ raise ImportError, "No module named %s" % name
+ return m
+
+ def get0(self, name):
+ m = self.get(name)
+ if not m:
+ sys.modules[name] = None
+ return m
+
+ def get(self, name):
+ # Internal routine to get or load a module when its parent exists
+ if sys.modules.has_key(name):
+ return sys.modules[name]
+ if '.' in name:
+ i = string.rfind(name, '.')
+ head, tail = name[:i], name[i+1:]
+ else:
+ head, tail = '', name
+ path = sys.modules[head].__path__
+ stuff = self.loader.find_module(tail, path)
+ if not stuff:
+ return None
+ sys.modules[name] = m = self.loader.load_module(name, stuff)
+ if head:
+ setattr(sys.modules[head], tail, m)
+ return m
+
+ def reload(self, module):
+ name = module.__name__
+ if '.' in name:
+ i = string.rfind(name, '.')
+ head, tail = name[:i], name[i+1:]
+ path = sys.modules[head].__path__
+ else:
+ tail = name
+ path = sys.modules[''].__path__
+ stuff = self.loader.find_module(tail, path)
+ if not stuff:
+ raise ImportError, "No module named %s" % name
+ return self.loader.load_module(name, stuff)
+
+ def unload(self, module):
+ if hasattr(module, '__path__'):
+ raise ImportError, "don't know how to unload packages yet"
+ PackageImporter.unload(self, module)
+
+ def install(self):
+ if not sys.modules.has_key(''):
+ sys.modules[''] = package = imp.new_module('')
+ package.__path__ = None
+ self.loader.init_package(package)
+ for m in sys.modules.values():
+ if not m: continue
+ if not hasattr(m, '__'):
+ self.loader.set_parent(m)
+ ModuleImporter.install(self)
+
+
+def install(v = 0):
+ ihooks.install(PackageImporter(None, v))
+
+def uninstall():
+ ihooks.uninstall()
+
+def ni(v = 0):
+ install(v)
+
+def no():
+ uninstall()
+
+def test():
+ import pdb
+ try:
+ testproper()
+ except:
+ sys.last_type, sys.last_value, sys.last_traceback = (
+ sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value, sys.exc_traceback)
+ print
+ print sys.last_type, ':', sys.last_value
+ print
+ pdb.pm()
+
+def testproper():
+ install(1)
+ try:
+ import mactest
+ print dir(mactest)
+ raw_input('OK?')
+ finally:
+ uninstall()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ test()