Fix Python 3.12+ compatibility by replacing imp with importlib #213
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Looks like PyCAM was developed while Python 3.4 was around, but it reached end-of-life and is no longer supported. The changes needed for it to work, however, are minimal, and are introduced in this pull request.
Summary of changes:
impmodule withimportlib.utilin plugin system. Theimpmodule was deprecated in Python 3.4 and removed in Python 3.12. This PR updates the plugin loading system inpycam/Plugins/__init__.pyto use the modernimportlib.utilAPI instead.Tested on Arch Linux with Python 3.13.7 in a virtualenv with
--system-site-packages.This solves issue #191, it was originally thought that requirements are incomplete, but in reality some dependencies of base Python are not around anymore in newer versions.