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Labels: -Type-Defect Type-Enhancement
Comment #1 on issue 840 by pekka.klarck: libdoc.py: is an actual import of
dependencies really required?
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/detail?id=840
libdoc.py uses Robot's modules for importing the library and they import
the whole test library module and thus also all the modules imported there.
It would probably be possible to create stubs for missing modules
automatically, but I'm not sure is that forth the effort due to problems
listed below:
1) Simply stubbing non-found modules isn't enough if the library needs the
module already when it is created:
import mymodule
class MyLibrary(mymodule.SubLibrary):
def my_keyword(self):
pass
2) Most often it only people developing the library create documentation
for it. These people most likely have all the needed dependencies anyway.
3) You can easily stub modules in the library code if you want. For example
like this:
try:
import mymodule
except ImportError:
mymodule = None # support using libdoc.py when mymodule isn't
installed
4) As you already wrote, it's also possible to stub the modules externally
like you did.
5) Implementing a built-in solution is not a trivial task.
Because the fix has drawbacks and there are workarounds, the core
development team is not going to implement this in the foreseeable future.
Are you possibly interested to look at this yourself?
