Clean up import situation... key things are:

- global tracking of legitimate param types in
separate dict keeps us from having to import
objects in config.py, which gets rid of nasty
circular dependence
- use __all__ in config.py and restrict imports
from mpy_importer to reduce m5 namespace pollution

python/m5/__init__.py:
    Try to limit namespace pollution by only importing
    what's needed from mpy_importer.
    Explicitly set up legal parameter types rather than
    relying on eval().
python/m5/config.py:
    Use empty ParamType base class to distinguish
    types that are legitimate SimObject params.
    Explicitly add these to global param_types map.
    Rework CheckedInt and Range classes a little bit
    to fit in better with the model.
    No need to import objects here any longer.
    Add __all__ list to specify subset of names that
    get exported on 'from m5.config import *'.

--HG--
extra : convert_revision : 01c6e82e0b175fc9b3df25dd0cc80ecd842680bc

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/python/m5/__init__.py b/python/m5/__init__.py
index 7cb3a32c6..3d54a83da 100644
--- a/python/m5/__init__.py
+++ b/python/m5/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-from mpy_importer import *
+from mpy_importer import AddToPath, LoadMpyFile
+
 from config import *
+config.add_param_types(config.__dict__)
+
 from objects import *
+config.add_param_types(objects.__dict__)
 
-cpp_classes = MetaSimObject.cpp_classes
+cpp_classes = config.MetaSimObject.cpp_classes
 cpp_classes.sort()