Re: ELPA submission: python-import

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> If the Augusto's propose features were to be added, then python.el would
> depend on project.el, at the very least because of this function:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (defun python-import--project-files ()
>   "Return a list of all Python files in the current project.
> If not in a project, just return the `default-directory'."
>   (if-let (proj (project-current))
>       (seq-filter (lambda (s) (string-suffix-p ".py" s))
>                   (project-files proj))
>     default-directory))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> (where btw. `string-suffix-p' could be replaced by
> `file-name-extension').
>
> The alternative would be to reimplement `project-files' in python.el,
> but I would consider that an undesirable duplication of effort that
> would most likely not do what the user would want.

The package doesn't need to depend on `project`: the code can simply
signal an error if project is not available.


        Stefan