Install dependencies (in case any problems are encountered please check faq.md) You can use either pip
python -m pip install .
While this is technically true - it does install the dependencies and allow the sample scripts to be executed - it also installs Objection! on the system as a Python package. Making changes to the files inside of the objection_engine directory isn't reflected when you run the example scripts to test them, because Python is using the copy of objection_engine it installed before the changes were made.
The instructions are in the "Installation" section, so perhaps that's on me for not thinking critically about what I was doing, haha. But I still think it might be good to make this clearer. I'd been developing this way using Poetry before, so maybe the README should explain that Poetry is the way to go when actively modifying and testing the engine?
The README currently says
While this is technically true - it does install the dependencies and allow the sample scripts to be executed - it also installs Objection! on the system as a Python package. Making changes to the files inside of the
objection_enginedirectory isn't reflected when you run the example scripts to test them, because Python is using the copy ofobjection_engineit installed before the changes were made.The instructions are in the "Installation" section, so perhaps that's on me for not thinking critically about what I was doing, haha. But I still think it might be good to make this clearer. I'd been developing this way using Poetry before, so maybe the README should explain that Poetry is the way to go when actively modifying and testing the engine?