#465: BibAuthorID: clean relative vs absolute imports
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Reporter: simko | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: BibAuthorID | Version:
Keywords: |
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Due to usage of relative imports, one cannot run unit test before
installing them, as is usual for other modules:
{{{
$ python ./bibauthorid_tests.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./bibauthorid_tests.py", line 21, in <module>
import bibauthorid_tables_utils as baidtu
File
"/home/simko/private/src/invenio/modules/bibauthorid/lib/bibauthorid_tables_utils.py",
line 30, in <module>
from search_engine import get_record
ImportError: No module named search_engine
}}}
If relative imports are wanted e.g. to be able to run BibAuthorID on
grid node where Invenio is not installed, then it may be interesting
to introduce conditional imports that will attempt to import needed
modules from local scope and in case of ImportError from global scope,
kind of like:
{{{
try:
from search_engine import get_record
except ImportError:
from invenio.search_engine import get_record
}}}
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