myparentclass.__subclasses__() not working for me

[samwyse]

### I've tried this under both Python 2.5.1 and 3.1.1, and it isn't
working with either one. Here is my program:

class Plugin(object):
"""This is the base object for a plug-in."""
pass

def load_plugins(plugin_subdir='plugins'):
import sys, pkgutil, imp, os.path

try:
# Use this path if we're running as a module.
homedir = __path__[0]
except NameError:
# Use this path if we're running stand-alone.
homedir = sys.path[0]
plugin_path = [ os.path.join(homedir, plugin_subdir) ]

modules = {}
for loader, name, is_pkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(plugin_path):
file, pathname, desc = imp.find_module(name, plugin_path)
modules[name] = imp.load_module(name, file, pathname, desc)
for pair in modules.items():
print('name = %r\nmodule = %r\n' % pair)

if __name__ == '__main__':
print('subclasses = %r\n' %(Plugin.__subclasses__()))
load_plugins()
print('subclasses = %r\n' %(Plugin.__subclasses__()))

### And here is my plugin, in plugins/myplugin.py:

from plugin import Plugin
class MyPlugin(Plugin):
pass

### When I run the main program, I get this:

subclasses = []

name = 'myplugin'
module = <module 'myplugin' from 'C:\Documents and Settings\sam_denton
\Desktop\scripting\plugins\myplugin.py'>

subclasses = []

### Obviously, myplugin is being found found and loaded, but my base
class doesn't know about it. Any ideas?

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

### I've tried this under both Python 2.5.1 and 3.1.1, and it isn't
working with either one. Here is my program:

class Plugin(object):
"""This is the base object for a plug-in."""
pass

def load_plugins(plugin_subdir='plugins'):
import sys, pkgutil, imp, os.path

try:
# Use this path if we're running as a module.
homedir = __path__[0]
except NameError:
# Use this path if we're running stand-alone.
homedir = sys.path[0]
plugin_path = [ os.path.join(homedir, plugin_subdir) ]

modules = {}
for loader, name, is_pkg in pkgutil.iter_modules(plugin_path):
file, pathname, desc = imp.find_module(name, plugin_path)
modules[name] = imp.load_module(name, file, pathname, desc)
for pair in modules.items():
print('name = %r\nmodule = %r\n' % pair)

if __name__ == '__main__':
print('subclasses = %r\n' %(Plugin.__subclasses__()))
load_plugins()
print('subclasses = %r\n' %(Plugin.__subclasses__()))

### And here is my plugin, in plugins/myplugin.py:

from plugin import Plugin
class MyPlugin(Plugin):
pass

### When I run the main program, I get this:

subclasses = []

name = 'myplugin'
module = <module 'myplugin' from 'C:\Documents and Settings\sam_denton
\Desktop\scripting\plugins\myplugin.py'>

subclasses = []

### Obviously, myplugin is being found found and loaded, but my base
class doesn't know about it. Any ideas?

Don't run the first module as a program itself. When it's run as a
program, it's known as '__main__'; when someone executes 'import plugin'
*another* copy is imported under the name 'plugin'.
So your plugin classes inherit from plugin.Plugin but you're printing
__main__.Plugin subclasses.