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subtle rose Apr 21, 2023, 3:41 PM

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you are not the only one. the difference between what is in stdlib and in standalone package makes it harder to integrate

brave token Apr 21, 2023, 3:42 PM

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At this point I might just pull in a third-party library to implement plugins. (pluggy?)

subtle rose Apr 21, 2023, 3:43 PM

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depends on what kind of plugins you need

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for simple ones, blinker might be enough

brave token Apr 21, 2023, 3:43 PM

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subtle rose you are not the only one. the difference between what is in stdlib and in standa...

Honestly, replacing the stdlib docs with a single link to the RTD docs would be less confusing (obviously not a reasonable change, but just to underscore how the duplication is confusing)

brave token Apr 21, 2023, 3:45 PM

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subtle rose for simple ones, `blinker` might be enough

I just need some metadata advertising and discovery, really. No need for hooks.

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Importlib.metadata would be perfect if its API was more clearly documented

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seriously, if there are going to be API changes, please describe the various API signatures clearly (what is EntryPoints?)

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glacial zealot Apr 21, 2023, 4:08 PM

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I’ll add another point, the implementation uses metaprogramming and isn’t that easy to follow, making things worse because if docs aren’t clear the source is the only thing left

spare wind Apr 22, 2023, 11:43 AM

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if I'm understanding this correctly, in 3.11 you can index entry_points() by group and that's deprecated. In 3.12, you'll be able to index entry_points() by entry point name instead and that's not deprecated. Bit of a head scratcher that 😛

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