Move to pkg_resources about iodata HOT 6 CLOSED

Yes, importlib is good.

from iodata.

1. keep get_fn, but replace the implementation with importlib
2. complete remove get_fn and use importlib to handle "data", but return a “str” path
3. change the IO in iodata so it can handle Path file as well.
   To which level you guys would prefer.

from iodata.

I'm not sure what you mean by Path file? I think option 2 is the best one, relatively little work and getting rid of redundant code.

from iodata.

importlib returns a Path object, so I am not sure where to convert it to str. It can be done in the tests, or it can be done in the IO functions, which allows those functions to handle Path object as well

from iodata.

Oh I see. Converting it to string in the test (as in Chemtools) seems is fine for now. Future changes will make IOData compatible with Path objects (#6), so no need to worry about it now.

from iodata.

I just reverted all the necessary update I made, only keeping the parts related to this issue.

from iodata.