Add an entry point at runtime
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Description
Is it possible to add new entry points to an application that is already running?
I tried:
std = pkg_resources.get_distribution('setuptools')
pkg_resources.EntryPoint.parse_group(
'distutils.commands', 'antialias = setuptools.command.alias:alias', std)
pprint(std.get_entry_map())
But the new entry point is not listed in the output.
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Research direction
Start with the Python example and the pkg_resources.EntryPoint.parse_group and get_entry_map calls mentioned in the report. Determine whether adding an entry point to a running application is intended to be supported and what observable behavior should result. The issue is done only when the expected runtime behavior and validation are clearly decided.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100