A user points out that this code in reportlab uses the now deprecated imp module
def _fake_import(fn,name):
if os.path.isfile(fn):
import imp
with open(fn,'rb') as f:
imp.load_source(name,fn,f)
and suggests I use importlib SourceFileLoader. Is there anything wrong with this
code (only for use in python 3.x)
def _fake_import(fn,name):
from importlib import machinery
m = machinery.SourceFileLoader(name,fn)
try:
return m.load_module(name)
except FileNotFoundError:
raise ImportError('file %s not found' % ascii(fn))
the newer import machinery seems particularly complex so I'm not at all sure
this does what I intend even though it seems to work.
The original function is only used once like this
try:
_fake_import(os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~','.reportlab_mods')),'reportlab_mods')
except (ImportError,KeyError):
pass
and is intended to allow per user actions in a config file when reportlab is
imported.
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