[Ironpython-users] Generic importer interface for IronPython

[Jeff Hardy]

Python already supports extra importers written in Python, by adding them
to sys.meta_path. I'd prefer to stick to widely supported Python techniques
than invent new ones.

In Python 3 the import system is rewritten Python anyway (importlib)
although I still need to update the IronPython 3 branch to actually use it.
There's a bit of a bootstrapping problem to be dealt with.

- Jeff


On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 5:12 AM, Benedikt Eggers <beggers at spiegelburg.net>
wrote:

> Hello,
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> currently I am struggling with the idea, to implement some generic
> importer interface into ironpython. My aim is,
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> to make it easier for people, to provide their own logic, for loading
> scripts, modules, packages. For example from databases
>
> or some webservice if needed. May idea was, to extend the python context
> with some list, which holds instances of IGenericImport.
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> All generic importers will be called in FindImporterForPath. If a generic
> importer can be used to resolve some path, it will be responsible
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> to import all needed files, …
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> When this is something useful, I would make some plans for implementation.
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> Thank you for reading the mail!
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> With best regards,
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> B. Eggers
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