[wingide-users] import hook problems

[Wingware Support]

Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> I've received some user complaints about interactions between py.test from
> pylib and WingIDE debugger.
> 
> Basically the problem is because of __import__ overloading. pylib is using
> it for lazy imports of it's parts and WingIDE for something.
> ...
> 1. Make debugger hook call previous debugger hook in some circumstances
> (like importing py.)
> 2. Making an option to disable it

The debugger should be calling any __import__ function set in builtins 
before it is started.  What problems are you seeing?  If you start a 
program from the IDE, I think the Wing debugger's __import__ function 
should be set before the program starts.

We may want to look into adding an option to disable the debugger's 
import hook, but I have no idea whether that will address your problem.

Cheers,

John