added running the script to Module, all are ran by ModuleManager

modman/modman.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class ModuleManager:
     def update(self):
         self._update_cached()
         self._update_new()
+        self._run_all()
 
 
     def _update_cached(self):
@@ -54,6 +55,15 @@ class ModuleManager:
             self.modules[fn] = mod
 
 
+    def _run_all(self):
+        for mod in self.modules.values():
+            if mod.is_running:
+                print(f"{mod.name} is running already")
+            else:
+                print(f"{mod.name} starting")
+                mod.start()
+
+
     @property
     def fnames(self):
         fns = self.folder.glob("*.py")

modman/module.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from importing import load_module
+from task import Task
 from utils import printable_exception
 
 
@@ -11,6 +12,21 @@ class Module:
         self.fname = fname
         self.name = fname.stem.replace("-", "_")
         self.mtime = self.get_mtime()
+        self.mod = self.func = self.task = None
+
+
+    def start(self):
+        if not self.func:
+            print(f"{self.name} has no function to run")
+            return
+        self.task = task = Task(self.func, self.name)
+        task.start()
+        return task
+
+    @property
+    def is_running(self):
+        if self.task:
+            return self.task.is_running
 
 
     def load(self):
@@ -20,7 +36,7 @@ class Module:
             raise ModuleLoadError(printable_exception(e)) from e
 
         try:
-            self.run = mod.run
+            self.func = mod.run #TODO this function name? is "main" better?
         except AttributeError as e:
             raise MissingRunFunctionError from e
 

modman/task.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from threading import Thread
+
+
+class Task(Thread):
+
+    def __init__(self, target, name, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(group=None, target=target, name=name, **kwargs)
+
+    @property
+    def is_running(self):
+        return self.is_alive()
+
+
+