Merge pull request #3117 from pygame-community/ankith26-fix-editable

Fix editable install on windows

.gitignore

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dist
 *.so
 __pycache__
 _headers/*
+buildconfig/win_dll_dirs.json
 
 # cython generated files
 src_c/_sdl2/*.c

buildconfig/_meson_win_dll.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+A helper file invoked by the meson buildconfig to write DLL paths to a json file
+"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+dll_parents = {str(Path(i).parent) for i in sys.argv[1:]}
+win_dll_dirs_file = Path(__file__).parent / "win_dll_dirs.json"
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    win_dll_dirs_file.write_text(json.dumps(list(dll_parents)), encoding="utf-8")

meson.build

@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ if plat == 'win' and host_machine.cpu_family().startswith('x86')
         )
     endif
 
+    run_command(
+        [
+            find_program('python3', 'python'),
+            base_dir / 'buildconfig' / '_meson_win_dll.py',
+            dlls,
+        ],
+        check: true,
+    )
+
     # put dlls in root of install
     install_data(dlls, install_dir: pg_dir, install_tag: 'pg-tag')
 else

src_py/__init__.py

@@ -30,16 +30,32 @@
 # Choose Windows display driver
 if os.name == "nt":
     pygame_dir = os.path.split(__file__)[0]
+    dll_parents = {pygame_dir}
+    try:
+        # For editable support, add some more folders where DLLs are available.
+        # This block only executes under an editable install. In a "normal"
+        # install, the json file will not be installed at the supplied path.
+        with open(
+            os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(pygame_dir), "buildconfig", "win_dll_dirs.json"
+            ),
+            encoding="utf-8",
+        ) as f:
+            import json
+
+            dll_parents.update(json.load(f))
+            del json
+    except (FileNotFoundError, ValueError):
+        pass
 
-    # pypy does not find the dlls, so we add package folder to PATH.
-    os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ["PATH"] + ";" + pygame_dir
-
-    # Windows store python does not find the dlls, so we run this
-    if sys.version_info > (3, 8):
-        os.add_dll_directory(pygame_dir)  # only available in 3.8+
+    for d in dll_parents:
+        # adding to PATH is the legacy way, os.add_dll_directory is the new
+        # and recommended method. For extra safety we do both
+        os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ["PATH"] + ";" + d
+        os.add_dll_directory(d)
 
     # cleanup namespace
-    del pygame_dir
+    del pygame_dir, dll_parents
 
 # when running under X11, always set the SDL window WM_CLASS to make the
 #   window managers correctly match the pygame window.