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'''This module contains somme common utility functions for dynamically
importing Python source files as modules.'''
import sys
import logging
from pathlib import Path
LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
[docs]def split_module_path(file_name):
'''Split a path to a Python module into a path and a module name.
:param path: A path to a Python file.
:type path: str or :term:`path-like object`
:returns: a `(path, name)` tuple.
'''
LOGGER.debug("module_from_name(path='%s')", file_name)
path = Path(str(file_name)).resolve()
return str(path.parent), path.stem
[docs]def dyn_import(file_name):
'''Load a Python module from the given file name.
Note that this function adds the path to :file:`file_name` to ``sys.path``,
so that local imports in :file:`file_name` work as expected.
:param str file_name: the name of the file containing the module.
:returns: the loaded module.
'''
from importlib import import_module, invalidate_caches
LOGGER.debug("dyn_import(file_name='%s')", file_name)
sfile_name = str(file_name)
module_path, module_name = split_module_path(sfile_name)
LOGGER.debug("module_path, name: %s, %s", module_path, module_name)
# If the module path is not in sys.path, add it. Ugh, O(n) algorithm here.
# OTOH, sys.path should never grow terribly large...
if module_path not in sys.path:
sys.path.append(module_path)
else:
# necessary, otherwise new modules will not be seen
invalidate_caches()
module = import_module(module_name)
return module