refactor(setup.py): refactor build system

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
--
+- Refactor the raw import statement in `setup.py` with `importlib` utilities by [@XuehaiPan](https://github.com/XuehaiPan) in [#214](https://github.com/metaopt/torchopt/pull/214).
 
 ### Fixed
 

setup.py

@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
+import contextlib
 import os
 import pathlib
 import platform
 import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import sysconfig
+from importlib.util import module_from_spec, spec_from_file_location
 
-from setuptools import setup
+from setuptools import Extension, setup
+from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
 
 
-try:
-    from pybind11.setup_helpers import Pybind11Extension as Extension
-    from pybind11.setup_helpers import build_ext
-except ImportError:
-    from setuptools import Extension
-    from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
-
 HERE = pathlib.Path(__file__).absolute().parent
-VERSION_FILE = HERE / 'torchopt' / 'version.py'
-
-sys.path.insert(0, str(VERSION_FILE.parent))
-import version  # noqa
 
 
 class CMakeExtension(Extension):
@@ -47,7 +39,6 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
         build_temp.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         config = 'Debug' if self.debug else 'Release'
-
         cmake_args = [
             f'-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={config}',
             f'-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_{config.upper()}={ext_path.parent}',
@@ -83,13 +74,53 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
 
         build_args.extend(['--target', ext.target, '--'])
 
+        cwd = os.getcwd()
         try:
             os.chdir(build_temp)
             self.spawn([cmake, ext.source_dir, *cmake_args])
             if not self.dry_run:
                 self.spawn([cmake, '--build', '.', *build_args])
         finally:
-            os.chdir(HERE)
+            os.chdir(cwd)
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def vcs_version(name, path):
+    path = pathlib.Path(path).absolute()
+    assert path.is_file()
+    module_spec = spec_from_file_location(name=name, location=path)
+    assert module_spec is not None
+    assert module_spec.loader is not None
+    module = sys.modules.get(name)
+    if module is None:
+        module = module_from_spec(module_spec)
+        sys.modules[name] = module
+    module_spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+
+    if module.__release__:
+        yield module
+        return
+
+    content = None
+    try:
+        try:
+            content = path.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+            path.write_text(
+                data=re.sub(
+                    r"""__version__\s*=\s*('[^']+'|"[^"]+")""",
+                    f'__version__ = {module.__version__!r}',
+                    string=content,
+                ),
+                encoding='utf-8',
+            )
+        except OSError:
+            content = None
+
+        yield module
+    finally:
+        if content is not None:
+            with path.open(mode='wt', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as file:
+                file.write(content)
 
 
 CIBUILDWHEEL = os.getenv('CIBUILDWHEEL', '0') == '1'
@@ -112,29 +143,9 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
     ext_kwargs.clear()
 
 
-VERSION_CONTENT = None
-
-try:
-    if not version.__release__:
-        try:
-            VERSION_CONTENT = VERSION_FILE.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
-            VERSION_FILE.write_text(
-                data=re.sub(
-                    r"""__version__\s*=\s*('[^']+'|"[^"]+")""",
-                    f'__version__ = {version.__version__!r}',
-                    string=VERSION_CONTENT,
-                ),
-                encoding='utf-8',
-            )
-        except OSError:
-            VERSION_CONTENT = None
-
+with vcs_version(name='torchopt.version', path=(HERE / 'torchopt' / 'version.py')) as version:
     setup(
         name='torchopt',
         version=version.__version__,
         **ext_kwargs,
     )
-finally:
-    if VERSION_CONTENT is not None:
-        with VERSION_FILE.open(mode='wt', encoding='utf-8', newline='') as file:
-            file.write(VERSION_CONTENT)