python.moduleExists Namespace Reference

Functions
def	moduleExists (modName)

Function Documentation

moduleExists()

def python.moduleExists.moduleExists

(

modName

)

Test for the existence of a module without actually importing it.

We could just do
  try:
import modName
  except ImportError:
...
except that that has the potential to hide other errors.

Definition at line 13 of file moduleExists.py.

def moduleExists (modName):
    """Test for the existence of a module without actually importing it.
 
We could just do
  try:
    import modName
  except ImportError:
    ...
except that that has the potential to hide other errors."""
 
    return importlib.util.find_spec (modName) is not None