update template

template/helper.py

@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ from functools import lru_cache #https://docs.python.org/3.4/library/functools.h
 cache_unlimited = lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 #use as @cache_unlimited decorator
 
+def dictdiff(a, b):
+    """We use dicts for internal export packages. Compare two of them for changes"""
+    result = {}
+    for key, value in a.items():
+        if not b[key] == value:
+            result[key] = (value, b[key])
+    return result
+
 import itertools
 def pairwise(iterable):
     "s -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ..."

template/qtgui/debugScript.py

@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ class DebugScriptRunner(object):
         assert nsmClient
         self.nsmClient = nsmClient
         self.absoluteScriptFilePath = os.path.join(self.nsmClient.ourPath, "debugscript.py")
-    
+        logger.info(f"{self.nsmClient.ourClientNameUnderNSM}: Using script file: {self.absoluteScriptFilePath}")
+
     def _createEmptyDebugScript(self):
         assert self.absoluteScriptFilePath
+        print(f"{self.nsmClient.ourClientNameUnderNSM}: Script file not found. Initializing: {self.absoluteScriptFilePath}")
         logger.info(f"{self.nsmClient.ourClientNameUnderNSM}: Script file not found. Initializing: {self.absoluteScriptFilePath}")
         text = ("""#! /usr/bin/env python3"""
         "\n"
@@ -54,14 +56,14 @@ class DebugScriptRunner(object):
         )
 
         with open(self.absoluteScriptFilePath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-            f.write(text)       
-    
+            f.write(text)
+
     def run(self):
         if not os.path.exists(self.absoluteScriptFilePath):
             if not os.path.exists(self.nsmClient.ourPath):
-                os.makedirs(self.nsmClient.ourPath)        
+                os.makedirs(self.nsmClient.ourPath)
             self._createEmptyDebugScript()
-        
+
         try:
             exec(compile(open(self.absoluteScriptFilePath).read(), filename=self.absoluteScriptFilePath, mode="exec"), globals(), self.apilocals)
         except Exception as e: