[Python-Dev] Modulefinder?

[Mark Hammond]

[Thomas H]

> That's not what I wanted to hear ;-), but anyway, since you
> answered, I assume you have something to do with it.

I stuck my finger in it once :)

> 1. Modulefinder does not handle cases where packages export names
> referring to functions or variables, rather than modules.
> Maybe the scan_code method, which looks for IMPORT opcode,
> could be extended to handle STORE_NAME opcodes which are not
> preceeded by IMPORT opcodes.
>
> 2. Modulefinder uses imp.find_module to find modules, and
> partly catches ImportErrors. imp.find_module can also
> raise NameErrors on windows, if the case does not fit.
> They should be catched.

They both sound fine to me.

> 3. Weird idea (?): Modulefinder could try instead of only
> scanning the opcodes to actually _import_ modules (at least
> extension modules, otherwise it will not find _any_ dependencies).

There was some reluctance to do this for freeze, and hence Modulefinder was
born.  I agree it may make sense in some cases to do this, but it shouldn't
be a default action.

Mark.