Move loading a module by filename into a helper function

diff --git a/mass_build.py b/mass_build.py
index 88db907bd01ebb41fdfab6eadca4aa66d684cfec..e327b7ee2e91c23ea86b6226f949813de281c5ae 100755 (executable)
--- a/mass_build.py
+++ b/mass_build.py
@@ -16,10 +16,19 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 

-import vcs, build_system, importlib.machinery
+import vcs, build_system

 import argparse, os, sys, subprocess
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 import argparse, os, sys, subprocess
 from collections import OrderedDict
 

+# helper funcrions
+def load_module(name, path):
+       import importlib.machinery
+       old_val = sys.dont_write_bytecode
+       sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
+       module = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader(name, path).load_module()
+       sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_val
+       return module
+

 # an entire Project
 class Project:
        def __init__(self, folder, config):
 # an entire Project
 class Project:
        def __init__(self, folder, config):


@@ -78,11 +87,8 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 if args.reset_source and not args.update:
        raise Exception("Can not reset sources without doing an update")
 
 if args.reset_source and not args.update:
        raise Exception("Can not reset sources without doing an update")
 

-# load config
-old_val = sys.dont_write_bytecode
-sys.dont_write_bytecode = True
-config = importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader('config', args.config).load_module().__dict__
-sys.dont_write_bytecode = old_val
+# load config as dictionary
+config = load_module('config', args.config).__dict__

 
 # initialise variables holding the configuration
 allProjects = OrderedDict() # all projects
 
 # initialise variables holding the configuration
 allProjects = OrderedDict() # all projects