workaround to avoid checking types on dependencies?

[s22chan]

I need to use some virtual proxies for some complex classes and https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy provides a no effort pluggable solution.

Unfortunately, https://github.com/proofit404/dependencies/blob/697f97c925419ad034efe7b416611f51fc80f97d/src/_dependencies/objects/classes.py#L36-L38 triggers the instantiation.

I was wondering if there's a way to get around this, or will I have to make custom proxies for each class?

Great library by the way, really appreciate how much effort you're putting into supporting it.

[proofit404]

Good evening,

Could you provide full code example which cause en error with library you mention?

I would try to figure out how to fix it.

Best regards, Artem.

[s22chan]

from dependencies import Injector
from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy

class Outer:
   def __init__(self, inner):
       self.inner = inner

class Inner:
   def __init__(self):
     print("inner")

class Root(Injector):
    outer = Outer
    inner = Inner

Ideally, Root.outer would assign the inner proxy to outer, which will defer any resource allocation until the outer.inner attribute is actually used; but calling isinstance(inner, _IsScope) calls https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/blob/03003b012feef472b4bb54b971a8f4782a41f93f/src/lazy_object_proxy/slots.py#L128 which instantiates at https://github.com/ionelmc/python-lazy-object-proxy/blob/03003b012feef472b4bb54b971a8f4782a41f93f/src/lazy_object_proxy/slots.py#L106.

I understand that dependencies can't be expected to support all these little hacks, so unless there's an easy solution, I'll look into other libraries/custom code to make virtual proxies. Thanks again!

[proofit404]

Good morning,

I did some initial testing for lazy_object_proxy library. Generally, I'm interested in support of such libraries.

What I have at that time:

>>> from dependencies import Injector
>>> from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy
>>> class Inner:
...     def __init__(self, x):
...         print('x', x)
...
>>> class Container(Injector):
...     a = Proxy
...     factory = Inner
...     x = 1
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
_dependencies.exceptions.DependencyError: Proxy.__init__ have arbitrary argument list and keyword arguments

Due to implementation on C layer.

This could be solved in the future with shield object #487

[proofit404]

Speaking about early instantiation, I could confirm it :cry:

>>> from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy
>>> from dependencies import Injector
>>> class Inner:
...     def __init__(self, x):
...         print('x', x)
...
>>> class Container(Injector):
...     a = Proxy
...     factory = Inner
...     x = 1
...
>>> Container.a
x 1
<Proxy at 0x7fbdfb7a5840 with factory <__main__.Inner object at 0x7fbdfb7ced10>>

In that case I see two approaches to workaround this problem.

First of all, you could try to wrap Injector itself into lazy proxy.

>>> class Container(Injector):
...     inner = Inner
...     x = 1
...
>>> Proxy(lambda: Container.inner)
<Proxy at 0x7fbdfb4b7f40 with factory <function <lambda> at 0x7fbdfb67e950>>
>>> str(Proxy(lambda: Container.inner))
x 1
'<__main__.Inner object at 0x7fbdfb7ced10>'

Or better rewrite your classes to avoid resource allocation inside constructor.

class Inner:
    def __init__(self, socket):
        ...
    @classmethod
    def connect(cls, host, port):
        socket = make_connection(host, port)
        return cls(socket)

I would recommend this talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FThx_Jk24Rc

What do you think?

[s22chan]

sorry I realize I didn't complete the example:

class Root(Injector):
    outer = Outer
    @value
    def inner():
        return Proxy(Inner)

is how I would use it, so I would've liked the wiring of the proxy to be defined by the Injector. Not sure how I would use a Proxied injector in this case to supply the argument to Outer

Yeah I totally agree that the constructors should be lightweight, but I'm refactoring a rather large code-base and would like to be doing this baby steps at a time. Thanks for the video talk.

[proofit404]

Indeed, Proxy(Injector()) could be used only to wrap main injector. This solution does not work with nested Injectors.

I just tried to reproduce example you provide:

from dependencies import Injector, value
from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy

class Inner:
    def __init__(self, x):
        print("inner")
        self.x = x

    def do(self):
        return self.x

class Outer:
    def __init__(self, inner):
        print("outer")
        self.inner = inner

    def do(self):
        return self.inner.do()

class Container(Injector):
    outer = Outer

    @value
    def inner(x):
        return Proxy(lambda: Inner(x))

    x = 1

>>> o = Container.outer
outer

>>> o.do()
inner
1

Looks like it kinda works :thinking:

[s22chan]

odd I'm not sure why I get a different result running your sample. I'll debug it later. Thanks again for the great support:

In [2]: o = Container.outer
inner
outer

[proofit404]

Quick suggestion: try both ipython and python -i consoles. It could introduce additional magic.

[s22chan]

I've tried both, it still outputs inner. I've also tried python 3.7..3.9. The only time I don't see this is if I rollback dependencies to 6.0.1 (from 7.1.7)

I'll update it if I can see what's going on later (I'm also using lazy-objects-proxy==1.7.1)

[proofit404]

That's because I'm an idiot.

My system has python 3.10 by default, most recent dependencies release specified 3.9 as supported, so pip decided to install 3.0.0 version as most compatible.

[proofit404]

Sorry it takes me too long to get back to this issue.

I could confirm Proxy object does eager initialization in the example I post previously.

>>> from dependencies import Injector, value
>>> from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy
>>> class Inner:
...     def __init__(self, x):
...         print("inner")
...         self.x = x
...     def do(self):
...         return self.x
...
>>> class Outer:
...     def __init__(self, inner):
...         print("outer")
...         self.inner = inner
...     def do(self):
...         return self.inner.do()
...
>>> class Container(Injector):
...     outer = Outer
...     @value
...     def inner(x):
...         return Proxy(lambda: Inner(x))
...     x = 1
...
>>> o = Container.outer
inner
outer
>>> o.do()
1
>>>

dependencies==7.1.7
lazy-object-proxy==1.7.1

[proofit404]

I found the way to workaround isinstance check you mention it the very first message.

from dependencies import Injector, value
from lazy_object_proxy import Proxy as _Proxy

class Inner:
    def __init__(self, x):
        print("inner")
        self.x = x

    def do(self):
        return self.x

class Outer:
    def __init__(self, inner):
        print("outer")
        self.inner = inner

    def do(self):
        return self.inner.do()

class Proxy(_Proxy):
    @property
    def __class__(self):
        return Proxy

class Container(Injector):
    outer = Outer

    @value
    def inner(x):
        return Proxy(lambda: Inner(x))

    x = 1

>>> from t import Container
>>> o = Container.outer
outer
>>> o.do()
inner
1
>>>

I'll include this example into documentation later today, since it's not obvious how to solve it.

[s22chan]

Thanks Artem, that's amazing!