commit 13ab316144e49007a58bbf14910c656ed2a5181e
Author: Sven Augustin <sven.augustin@psi.ch>
Date:   Sat Feb 6 12:40:18 2021 +0000

    prototype

diff --git a/modman/importing.py b/modman/importing.py
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+++ b/modman/importing.py
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+import sys
+import importlib.util
+
+
+def load_module(module_name, file_path):
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(module_name, file_path)
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    sys.modules[module_name] = module
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+
diff --git a/modman/main.py b/modman/main.py
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+++ b/modman/main.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from time import sleep
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+from importing import load_module
+
+
+def load_files(folder):
+    folder = Path(folder)
+    fnames = folder.glob("*.py")
+    fnames = sorted(fnames)
+
+    res = {}
+    for fn in fnames:
+        print(fn, fn.stat().st_mtime)
+        name = fn.stem
+        mod = load_module(name, fn)
+        res[name] = mod.run
+    return res
+
+
+folder = "scripts"
+mods = load_files(folder)
+
+while True:
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor() as ex:
+        for f in mods.values():
+            fut = ex.submit(f)
+            print(fut)
+
+    sleep(1)
+
+
+
diff --git a/modman/scripts/test1-sleep.py b/modman/scripts/test1-sleep.py
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+++ b/modman/scripts/test1-sleep.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from time import sleep
+
+def run():
+    print("Test Sleep: start")
+    sleep(1)
+    print("Test Sleep: done")
+
+
diff --git a/modman/scripts/test2-global-variable.py b/modman/scripts/test2-global-variable.py
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+++ b/modman/scripts/test2-global-variable.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+N = 0
+
+def run():
+    global N
+    print("Test Global Variable:", N)
+    N += 1
+
+
diff --git a/modman/scripts/test3-global-class.py b/modman/scripts/test3-global-class.py
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+++ b/modman/scripts/test3-global-class.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+
+class Counter:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.n = 0
+
+    def inc(self):
+        self.n += 1
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.n)
+
+
+counter = Counter()
+
+
+def run():
+    print("Test Global Class:", counter)
+    counter.inc()
+
+
diff --git a/modman/scripts/test4-callable-class.py b/modman/scripts/test4-callable-class.py
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+++ b/modman/scripts/test4-callable-class.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+
+class Run:
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.n = 0
+
+    def inc(self):
+        self.n += 1
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"Test Callable Class: {self.n}"
+
+    def __call__(self):
+        print(self)
+        self.inc()
+
+
+run = Run()
+
+