Merge pull request #739 from nouiz/import_path

theano/gof/cutils.py

-import os, sys
+import os
+import sys
 from compilelock import get_lock, release_lock
 from theano import config
 
 # TODO These two lines may be removed in the future, when we are 100% sure
 # noone has an old cutils_ext.so lying around anymore.
-if os.path.exists(os.path.join(config.compiledir,'cutils_ext.so')):
-    os.remove(os.path.join(config.compiledir,'cutils_ext.so'))
+if os.path.exists(os.path.join(config.compiledir, 'cutils_ext.so')):
+    os.remove(os.path.join(config.compiledir, 'cutils_ext.so'))
 
-# Ensure no-one else is currently modifying the content of the compilation
-# directory. This is important to prevent multiple processes from trying to
-# compile the cutils_ext module simultaneously.
-try:
-    # If we load a previously-compiled version, config.compiledir should
-    # be in sys.path.
-    if config.compiledir not in sys.path:
-        sys.path.append(config.compiledir)
-    from cutils_ext.cutils_ext import *
-except ImportError:
-    import cmodule
-
-    get_lock()
-    try:
-        try:
-            # We must retry to import it as some other processs could
-            # have been compiling it between the first failed import
-            # and when we receive the lock
-            from cutils_ext.cutils_ext import *
-        except ImportError:
-            import cmodule
 
+def compile_cutils():
+    """Do just the compilation of cutils_ext"""
     code = """
         #include <Python.h>
         extern "C"{
@@ -73,8 +55,35 @@ except ImportError:
     args = cmodule.GCC_compiler.compile_args()
     cmodule.GCC_compiler.compile_str('cutils_ext', code, location=loc,
                                      preargs=args)
+
+try:
+    # Must be at the beginning to ensure no conflict with other project
+    # that would use the same module name.
+    sys.path.insert(0, config.compiledir)
+    try:
+        from cutils_ext.cutils_ext import *
+    except ImportError:
+        import cmodule
+
+        get_lock()
+    # Ensure no-one else is currently modifying the content of the compilation
+    # directory. This is important to prevent multiple processes from trying to
+    # compile the cutils_ext module simultaneously.
+        try:
+            try:
+                # We must retry to import it as some other processs could
+                # have been compiling it between the first failed import
+                # and when we receive the lock
+                from cutils_ext.cutils_ext import *
+            except ImportError:
+                import cmodule
+
+                compile_cutils()
                 from cutils_ext.cutils_ext import *
 
         finally:
             # Release lock on compilation directory.
             release_lock()
+finally:
+    if sys.path[0] == config.compiledir:
+        del sys.path[0]