Model file/script unable to load python file from parent directory

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli

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Reproduce the failure with the shown /models/model.py and /my_utils.py layout, then inspect how cq-cli reads the script and passes it to cqgi.parse(). Compare that path with direct Python execution and cq-editor loading. Done means the parent-directory import works through cq-cli, with the chosen file or PYTHONPATH behavior established.

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Description

I have a setup something like this:

# file /models/model.py

# add parent dir to path so we can import my_utils
import sys
sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir))

from my_utils import *

# build a model...

# file /my_utils.py

# define some helper functions...

This works fine when loading /models/model.py in cq-editor and when loading the model with python /models/model.py. However, when using cq-cli to render the model, I get NameError: name '__file__' is not defined. Did you mean: '__name__'? (note that __name__ is "cqgi").

I haven't investigated this much yet, but I think this has to do with the way cq-cli is loading the model script by reading it as a text file, then passing it to cqgi.parse().

Any suggestions for what the best/right approach is here? Is it reasonable for cq-cli to set the __file__ variable to the script file's path? Or should I be doing something like PYTHONPATH=<parent directory> cq-cli /models/model.py?

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