Question regarding use of pex path. If a pex is li...
# pexe
early-needle-54791
10/08/2020, 1:29 AMQuestion regarding use of pex path. If a pex is linked to another pex via pex path, should the source files exposed in the pex dependency be accessible in the file tree of the dependee pex, even if the source files in the pex dependency aren’t part of a distribution?
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enough-analyst-54434
10/08/2020, 3:14 AM"In the file tree"?
enough-analyst-54434
10/08/2020, 3:15 AMI think no.
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early-needle-54791
10/08/2020, 5:12 PMI think that answers my question. But to be clear source files of the dependency do not magically become source files of the dependee?
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enough-analyst-54434
10/08/2020, 6:03 PMCorrect. They are only added to sys.path. So you can access those source files via import or pkg_resources.resource_(string|stream) but not via filesystem operations.
enough-analyst-54434
10/08/2020, 6:04 PMPEX files are immutable and probably always will be might be another more useful way to think about this.
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early-needle-54791
10/08/2020, 6:10 PMThat is helpful. Thanks John