mwt wrote: > When I'm rewriting code (cutting and pasting pieces from earlier > modules), is there a quick way to determine if I have imported all the > necessary modules? I am used to working in Java, where the compiler > will tell you if you haven't imported everything, and also Eclipse, > which has the handy "organize imports" feature. This is not the case in > Python, since it's not compiled, of course, and also running it might > not insure you've got all the imports, unless you go through every > possible usage scenario -- which in some cases is quite a few, and > could take a long time. > > So what I'm looking for is a command, like "check dependencies" or > something, which will list all the modules needed for a source module > to run. > If you are an accomplished Eclipse user (I'm not), you should look at the Python plug-in for Eclipse.
Remember that Python is so dynamic that you can build dependencies during program execution and import them on-the-fly. So a dependency checker would always be incomplete. You always need to write unit tests. -Larry Bates -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
