Now doesn't attempt by default to load extensions - has to be called by the client code

Author: barny

elmclient/__init__.py

@@ -29,17 +29,18 @@
 # scan for extensions to import and extend the specified class
 # extensions are .py file with a name like <classname>-something.py e.g RMApp-extension.py
 # the classes in the file are added as base classes to the extended class
-# so it's dynamic mixins :-) A mixin may override existing methods
+# so it's dynamic mixins :-)
+# A mixin may override existing methods but the main aim is to add new methods for that class
 def load_extensions( *, path=None, folder=None ):
     path = path or os.getcwd()
     folder = folder or "extensions"
-    
     # find public elmclient names+classes - these are extension points
     extendableclasses = {n:c for n,c in inspect.getmembers(importlib.import_module("elmclient"), inspect.isclass) }
 
     # look for extension files
     searchdir = os.path.join( path, folder )
-    if os.access( searchdir, os.F_OK ):
+#    print( f"Loading extensions from {searchdir=}" )
+    if not os.access( searchdir, os.F_OK ):
         # folder doesn't exist - nothing to load
         pass
     else:
@@ -64,8 +65,6 @@ def load_extensions( *, path=None, folder=None ):
                     # add to bases
                     extendedclass.__bases__ = (c,)+extendedclass.__bases__
 
-
-# load any local extensions
-load_extensions( extendableclasses )
-
+## load any local extensions
+#load_extensions()