Remove support for dynamic plugin imports

docs/source/plugins.rst

@@ -99,40 +99,18 @@ directory structure, build system, and naming are completely up to your
 discretion as an author. The aforementioned template plugin is only a model
 using Poetry since this is the build system Manim uses. The plugin's `entry
 point <https://packaging.python.org/specifications/entry-points/>`_ can be
-specified in poetry as:
+specified in Poetry as:
 
 .. code-block:: toml
 
     [tool.poetry.plugins."manim.plugins"]
     "name" = "object_reference"
 
-Here ``name`` is the name of the module of the plugin.
+.. versionremoved:: 0.19.0
 
-Here ``object_reference`` can point to either a function in a module or a module
-itself. For example,
-
-.. code-block:: toml
-
-    [tool.poetry.plugins."manim.plugins"]
-    "manim_plugintemplate" = "manim_plugintemplate"
-
-Here a module is used as ``object_reference``, and when this plugin is enabled,
-Manim will look for ``__all__`` keyword defined in ``manim_plugintemplate`` and
-everything as a global variable one by one.
-
-If ``object_reference`` is a function, Manim calls the function and expects the
-function to return a list of modules or functions that need to be defined globally.
-
-For example,
-
-.. code-block:: toml
-
-    [tool.poetry.plugins."manim.plugins"]
-    "manim_plugintemplate" = "manim_awesomeplugin.imports:setup_things"
-
-Here, Manim will call the function ``setup_things`` defined in
-``manim_awesomeplugin.imports`` and calls that. It returns a list of function or
-modules which will be imported globally.
+    Plugins should be imported explicitly to be usable in user code. The plugin
+    system will probably be refactored in the future to provide a more structured
+    interface.
 
 A note on Renderer Compatibility
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

manim/plugins/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from .import_plugins import *
+from manim import config, logger
+
+from .plugins_flags import get_plugins, list_plugins
+
+__all__ = [
+    "get_plugins",
+    "list_plugins",
+]
+
+requested_plugins: set[str] = set(config["plugins"])
+missing_plugins = requested_plugins - set(get_plugins().keys())
+
+
+if missing_plugins:
+    logger.warning("Missing Plugins: %s", missing_plugins)

manim/plugins/plugins_flags.py

@@ -2,22 +2,28 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import pkg_resources
+import sys
+from typing import Any
+
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
 from manim import console
 
 __all__ = ["list_plugins"]
 
 
-def get_plugins():
-    plugins = {
+def get_plugins() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    plugins: dict[str, Any] = {
         entry_point.name: entry_point.load()
-        for entry_point in pkg_resources.iter_entry_points("manim.plugins")
+        for entry_point in entry_points(group="manim.plugins")
     }
     return plugins
 
 
-def list_plugins():
+def list_plugins() -> None:
     console.print("[green bold]Plugins:[/green bold]", justify="left")
 
     plugins = get_plugins()

pyproject.toml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ click = ">=8.0"
 cloup = ">=2.0.0"
 dearpygui = { version = ">=1.0.0", optional = true }
 decorator = ">=4.3.2"
+importlib-metadata = {version = ">=3.6", python = "<=3.9"}  # Required to discover plugins
 isosurfaces = ">=0.1.0"
 jupyterlab = { version = ">=3.0.0", optional = true }
 manimpango = ">=0.5.0,<1.0.0"  # Complete API change in 1.0.0

tests/test_plugins/simple_scenes.py

@@ -8,17 +8,3 @@ def construct(self):
         square = Square()
         circle = Circle()
         self.play(Transform(square, circle))
-
-
-class FunctionLikeTest(Scene):
-    def construct(self):
-        assert "FunctionLike" in globals()
-        a = FunctionLike()
-        self.play(FadeIn(a))
-
-
-class WithAllTest(Scene):
-    def construct(self):
-        assert "WithAll" in globals()
-        a = WithAll()
-        self.play(FadeIn(a))

tests/test_plugins/test_plugins.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import random
 import string
-import tempfile
 import textwrap
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -142,116 +141,3 @@ def _create_plugin(entry_point, class_name, function_name, all_dec=""):
     out, err, exit_code = capture(command)
     print(out)
     assert exit_code == 0, err
-
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_plugin_function_like(
-    tmp_path,
-    create_plugin,
-    python_version,
-    simple_scenes_path,
-):
-    function_like_plugin = create_plugin(
-        "{plugin_name}.__init__:import_all",
-        "FunctionLike",
-        "import_all",
-    )
-    cfg_file = cfg_file_create(
-        cfg_file_contents.format(plugin_name=function_like_plugin["plugin_name"]),
-        tmp_path,
-    )
-    scene_name = "FunctionLikeTest"
-    command = [
-        python_version,
-        "-m",
-        "manim",
-        "-ql",
-        "--media_dir",
-        str(cfg_file.parent),
-        "--config_file",
-        str(cfg_file),
-        str(simple_scenes_path),
-        scene_name,
-    ]
-    out, err, exit_code = capture(command, cwd=str(cfg_file.parent))
-    print(out)
-    print(err)
-    assert exit_code == 0, err
-
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_plugin_no_all(tmp_path, create_plugin, python_version):
-    create_plugin = create_plugin("{plugin_name}", "NoAll", "import_all")
-    plugin_name = create_plugin["plugin_name"]
-    cfg_file = cfg_file_create(
-        cfg_file_contents.format(plugin_name=plugin_name),
-        tmp_path,
-    )
-    test_class = textwrap.dedent(
-        f"""\
-        from manim import *
-        class NoAllTest(Scene):
-            def construct(self):
-                assert "{plugin_name}" in globals()
-                a = {plugin_name}.NoAll()
-                self.play(FadeIn(a))
-        """,
-    )
-
-    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
-        mode="w",
-        encoding="utf-8",
-        suffix=".py",
-        delete=False,
-    ) as tmpfile:
-        tmpfile.write(test_class)
-    scene_name = "NoAllTest"
-    command = [
-        python_version,
-        "-m",
-        "manim",
-        "-ql",
-        "--media_dir",
-        str(cfg_file.parent),
-        "--config_file",
-        str(cfg_file),
-        tmpfile.name,
-        scene_name,
-    ]
-    out, err, exit_code = capture(command, cwd=str(cfg_file.parent))
-    print(out)
-    print(err)
-    assert exit_code == 0, err
-    Path(tmpfile.name).unlink()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.slow
-def test_plugin_with_all(tmp_path, create_plugin, python_version, simple_scenes_path):
-    create_plugin = create_plugin(
-        "{plugin_name}",
-        "WithAll",
-        "import_all",
-        all_dec="__all__=['WithAll']",
-    )
-    plugin_name = create_plugin["plugin_name"]
-    cfg_file = cfg_file_create(
-        cfg_file_contents.format(plugin_name=plugin_name),
-        tmp_path,
-    )
-    scene_name = "WithAllTest"
-    command = [
-        python_version,
-        "-m",
-        "manim",
-        "-ql",
-        "--media_dir",
-        str(cfg_file.parent),
-        "--config_file",
-        str(cfg_file),
-        str(simple_scenes_path),
-        scene_name,
-    ]
-    out, err, exit_code = capture(command, cwd=str(cfg_file.parent))
-    print(out)
-    print(err)
-    assert exit_code == 0, err