IntelliSense fails to detect editable installs after setuptools update

[stur86]

Type: Bug

Behaviour

Expected vs. Actual

IntelliSense should detect pip-installed packages even if the -e option was used to install them in editable mode. However, a few weeks ago, in order to comply with PEP 660 (see also pypa/setuptools#3548 ), setuptools changed the way editable installs work, by introducing __editable__<pkg>_finder.py files in place of symlinks. This has made IntelliSense unable to detect them.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new clean environment
2. Install a local package with pip install -e <path-to-pkg>
3. Launch VSCode, pick the environment, and try to import the installed package

Diagnostic data

• Python version (& distribution if applicable, e.g. Anaconda): 3.8.10
• Type of virtual environment used (e.g. conda, venv, virtualenv, etc.): PipEnv
• Value of the python.languageServer setting: Default

Output for Python in the Output panel (View→Output, change the drop-down the upper-right of the Output panel to Python)

User Settings

languageServer: "Pylance"

Extension version: 2022.12.1
VS Code version: Code 1.70.2 (e4503b30fc78200f846c62cf8091b76ff5547662, 2022-08-16T05:35:13.448Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22000
Modes:

System Info

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Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	15.85GB (6.53GB free)
Process Argv	--crash-reporter-id 76063c4e-ccc2-4582-a085-59632bf67ccf
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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[stur86]

Any updates on this?

[erictraut]

See this issue for additional details: microsoft/pyright#3880.

[huntzhan]

Yeah, there's a quick and dirty solution:

pip uninstall your_package
export SETUPTOOLS_ENABLE_FEATURES="legacy-editable"
pip install -e your_package

[stur86]

Thanks, that should do as a fix for the meantime! Any future plans/routes to actually solve this for good?

EDIT: it actually doesn't do as a fix for me; it still doesn't work.

[debonte]

@stur86, we're thinking about it. This is not going to be a quick fix.

[debonte]

There has been discussion about ways to solve this problem. See this typing-sig thread. If a solution is found, agreed upon by typing-sig, and standardized, Pylance will consider supporting it.

However, for the time being this is by design since your editable install is using an import hook. There are more details including workarounds here.