Re: [Distutils] Using `pkg_resources` without importing the module
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:36 AM, P.J. Eby p...@telecommunity.com wrote: At 12:38 AM 7/11/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:33 AM, P.J. Eby mailto:p...@telecommunity.com **p...@telecommunity.com wrote: At 09:25 PM 7/10/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: Hello, I want to use `pkg_resources` to retrieve an image file from a Python package. But I want to do this without importing the actual package. Is this possible using `pkg_resources`, or does it import the package? It imports the package, as it needs to know what loader object was used, to know whether it will be reading from a zipfile or whatever else. Hm. Are you familiar with any other method that can be used to get resources without importing? If you don't, then my next direction is to combine `pkg_resources` with my module-tasting technique; using an `__import__` hook to do a very minimialistic import of a module/package, without importing any other modules that it tries to import. Do you think that this minimalistic import will give `pkg_resources` enough data (about the loader or otherwise) to get the resources? Dunno. It looks for a __loader__ attribute, so that's got to be there. (Unless it's a normal filesystem package or module; that's the case where __loader__ is not normally set.) Yes, I got it to work! So now I can use `pkg_resources` on a package without having to fully import you. After my code is finalized I'll describe the solution and show the code. Ram. ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
[Distutils] Using `pkg_resources` without importing the module
Hello, I want to use `pkg_resources` to retrieve an image file from a Python package. But I want to do this without importing the actual package. Is this possible using `pkg_resources`, or does it import the package? Thanks, Ram. ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Using `pkg_resources` without importing the module
At 09:25 PM 7/10/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: Hello, I want to use `pkg_resources` to retrieve an image file from a Python package. But I want to do this without importing the actual package. Is this possible using `pkg_resources`, or does it import the package? It imports the package, as it needs to know what loader object was used, to know whether it will be reading from a zipfile or whatever else. ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Using `pkg_resources` without importing the module
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:33 AM, P.J. Eby p...@telecommunity.com wrote: At 09:25 PM 7/10/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: Hello, I want to use `pkg_resources` to retrieve an image file from a Python package. But I want to do this without importing the actual package. Is this possible using `pkg_resources`, or does it import the package? It imports the package, as it needs to know what loader object was used, to know whether it will be reading from a zipfile or whatever else. Hm. Are you familiar with any other method that can be used to get resources without importing? If you don't, then my next direction is to combine `pkg_resources` with my module-tasting technique; using an `__import__` hook to do a very minimialistic import of a module/package, without importing any other modules that it tries to import. Do you think that this minimalistic import will give `pkg_resources` enough data (about the loader or otherwise) to get the resources? Ram. ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
Re: [Distutils] Using `pkg_resources` without importing the module
At 12:38 AM 7/11/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:33 AM, P.J. Eby mailto:p...@telecommunity.comp...@telecommunity.com wrote: At 09:25 PM 7/10/2011 +0200, cool-RR wrote: Hello, I want to use `pkg_resources` to retrieve an image file from a Python package. But I want to do this without importing the actual package. Is this possible using `pkg_resources`, or does it import the package? It imports the package, as it needs to know what loader object was used, to know whether it will be reading from a zipfile or whatever else. Hm. Are you familiar with any other method that can be used to get resources without importing? If you don't, then my next direction is to combine `pkg_resources` with my module-tasting technique; using an `__import__` hook to do a very minimialistic import of a module/package, without importing any other modules that it tries to import. Do you think that this minimalistic import will give `pkg_resources` enough data (about the loader or otherwise) to get the resources? Dunno. It looks for a __loader__ attribute, so that's got to be there. (Unless it's a normal filesystem package or module; that's the case where __loader__ is not normally set.) ___ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
