BioSimSpace._Utils._try_import#

BioSimSpace._Utils._try_import(name: str, install_command: str | None = None)[source]#

Try to import the module called ‘name’ and return the resulting module. If this fails, catch the error and instead return a _ModuleStub.

Parameters:

  • name (str) – The name of the module being stubbed

  • install_command (str (optional)) – The command used to install the module. If this is not supplied, then it is assumed to be ‘conda install {name}’

Returns:

module – The module if it loaded correctly, else otherwise a _ModuleStub for that module

Return type:

_ModuleStub | module