Build dedicated Python Package for `try_import()`

Dear Optuna team,

I very much like your try_import() utility from here: https://github.com/optuna/optuna/blob/99484054fcec97eb530960a8612c3e6058ee5690/optuna/_imports.py

I would like to use that kind of functionality in other Python Packages that we want to develop. But that package does not have an optuna dependency. That’s why I ask:

Do you plan to release that as an utility package that can be reused by other packages?

If not I would like to inform you that I am creating such a package and open source it under the same MIT License.

[hvy]

Sorry for the late reply. Appreciate you checking.

Creating an independent library sounds interesting. I could see it being applicable to other applications as you say. Unfortunately, there’s no plan for the time being in doing so. try_import was mostly implemented as a quick internal/private tool to DRY code. There might be room for improving the API, or perhaps even including other related features such as the lazy submodule import helper.

Having that said, I don’t see problems in you creating a library deriving it given your description (e.g. the MIT license). If you don’t mind, mentioning Optuna would be very much appreciated, though.

[PhilipMay]

Thanks again. We have published the try_import functionality here: https://github.com/telekom/lazy-imports

Although we took the _LazyModule class from HuggingFace. This implementation somehow worked better for us.