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Import side effects are the devil and should be killed with fire wherever they appear.

• Spivak 4y ago
  The problem is that side effects are really broad and include things that are idiomatic Python. # jobs.py @scheduler.register_job(when=“daily”) def batch_job(): … This adds the job to the global scheduler. # models.py class Model(DBModel): def on_change(): # do stuff This adds the model to the ORM’s list of modules via a metaclasss and registers its hooks. # plugin.py class SomePlugin(PluginBase): … Same thing. The code to load plugins like this is just importing the module and letting the metaclass do the work.
• jonnycomputer 4y ago
  Amen