Initial hooks for package imports.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scipy/_import_tools.py b/scipy/_import_tools.py
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+
+import os
+import imp
+from glob import glob
+
+def import_packages(rootpath):
+    """ Import packages in the current directory that implement
+    info.py. See DEVELOPERS.txt for more info.
+    """
+    for info_file in glob(os.path.join(rootpath,'*','info.py')):
+         package_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(info_file))
+         print info_file,package_name
+         continue
+         try:
+             info_module = imp.load_module()
+         except Exception,msg:
+             print msg
+             info_module = None