[Python-Dev] Proposed Python api for testing whether a module
exists
Barry Warsaw
barry at python.org
Mon Aug 2 20:01:23 CEST 2004
On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 12:32, Jim Fulton wrote:
> I propose to add the following function to the imp module:
>
> exists(module_name)
>
> Test whether the named module can be found.
>
> This method should be used when you want to perform
> alternate actions depending on whether a module is available.
>
> Returns True of the module can be found and False otherwise.
> A True return value does not guarentee that the module will be
> importable. The module will not be imported as a result of
> calling exists, but parent modules may be.
>
> If a dotted module name is given, then parent modules will be
> imported if they haven't already been imported.
+1, but shouldn't "parent module" really be spelled "parent package"?
-Barry
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