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Code Example

# Old (deprecated)
import imp
imp.load_source(...)

# New
import importlib.util
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(...)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)

---

# Old
import commands
commands.getoutput(...)

# New
import subprocess
subprocess.check_output(...)
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Severity: High Component: CLI Priority: P1

Problem

cli.py uses deprecated Python modules imp (314 occurrences) and commands (63 occurrences). These modules were removed in Python 3.12 and cause runtime errors.

Evidence

  • 314 references to imp module (deprecated since 3.4, removed in 3.12)
  • 63 references to commands module (deprecated since 2.6, removed in 3.0)
  • 823 print() calls instead of logger
  • 66 TODO/FIXME comments

Impact

  • BREAKING: Code will fail on Python 3.12+
  • ImportError: No module named 'imp'
  • ImportError: No module named 'commands'

Suggested Fix

Replace imp with importlib:

# Old (deprecated)
import imp
imp.load_source(...)

# New
import importlib.util
spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(...)
module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
spec.loader.exec_module(module)

Replace commands with subprocess:

# Old
import commands
commands.getoutput(...)

# New
import subprocess
subprocess.check_output(...)

Files

  • cli.py (primary)
  • Possibly other files importing these modules

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