except Exception as e:
print(f"{__file__} Exception {e} ignored in expand_path{input_path}")
catching
C:\Users\doug\code\dt\natlinkcore\src\natlinkcore\config.py Exception PureWindowsPath('C:') has an empty name ignored in expand_pathC:\Users\doug\code\dt\unimacro\tests\unimacro_test_natlink_config.natlink
Not sure why that is being thrown, but not catching exceptions here seems to cause issues.
I would propose a keyword argument to expand path, attempt_load=True which will only try the import trick if it is set.
in repot https://github.com/dougransom/natlinkcore/tree/nc_tests_tweak/src/natlinkcore
I added
catching
C:\Users\doug\code\dt\natlinkcore\src\natlinkcore\config.py Exception PureWindowsPath('C:') has an empty name ignored in expand_pathC:\Users\doug\code\dt\unimacro\tests\unimacro_test_natlink_config.natlinkNot sure why that is being thrown, but not catching exceptions here seems to cause issues.
I would propose a keyword argument to expand path, attempt_load=True which will only try the import trick if it is set.