[Image-SIG] importing plugins in PIL-1.1.1

[Christopher Lee]

Hello again,

I just compiled Imaging-1.1.1 and tried using PIL as a package again
(without PIL being in sys.path).  The Image.py does not import the
ImagingPlugins in the PIL directory with the code as written.

The problem appears to be that the __path__ variable is not working as
expected.  On my system (Linux, python 1.5.2), the __path__ variable is not
defined when init() is being called, so the code reverts back to using
sys.path which doesn't contain PIL.  I can fix it with my previous method
using the __file__ variable.  Here's what I have now:


    try:
        directories = __path__[:]
    except NameError:
        directories = sys.path[:]

    (thisdir, thisfile) = os.path.split(__file__)
    if not thisdir in directories:
        directories.append(thisdir)

    # only check directories (including current, if present in the path)
    for path in filter(os.path.isdir, directories):


I continue to be confused about the use of  __path__.  Perhaps someone has
some enlightenment to offer?

-chris

p.s. Here's a diff -c between the two files

*** /usr/local/src/Python/Extensions/Imaging-1.1.1/PIL/Image.py	Mon Oct 23 05:47:25 2000
--- Image.py	Mon Oct 23 13:46:07 2000
***************
*** 192,200 ****
      import os, sys
  
      try:
!         directories = __path__
      except NameError:
!         directories = sys.path
  
      # only check directories (including current, if present in the path)
      for path in filter(os.path.isdir, directories):
--- 192,204 ----
      import os, sys
  
      try:
!         directories = __path__[:]
      except NameError:
!         directories = sys.path[:]
! 
!     (thisdir, thisfile) = os.path.split(__file__)
!     if not thisdir in directories:
!         directories.append(thisdir)
  
      # only check directories (including current, if present in the path)
      for path in filter(os.path.isdir, directories):