[Proposal]: Please only print banner if I call/use vidgear, not at import

[hughperkins]

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Please only print banner if I call/use vidgear, not at import.

Currently I've moved the import to below an if guard

    if our_args.record:
        import vidgear.gears

... but lots of linters don't like this kind of construction.

I'm happy to have a banner showing, but would prefer it only to show when I'm actually using/calling the library, not simply at import, please.

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Means I don't need to add a guard around the vidgear import, in order not to get a banner when I'm not using it.

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[abhiTronix]

@hughperkins I think this issue is very thought upon when creating this banner, it was necessary because some user never mention vidgear version when filing for issue here.

Currently I've moved the import to below an if guard

if our_args.record:
    import vidgear.gears

... but lots of linters don't like this kind of construction.

Yes this is bad way to tackle it. I'll think other way to display it only once the Class/API is called. I'll notify you here when it is done.

[hughperkins]

Thank you!

[abhiTronix]

@hughperkins With PR #348, you can now completely turn off logging and moreover APIs with logging turned on (logging=True) will automatically log version only once when called within code, thus serving both purposes. Kindly test it if you could by cloning and installing vidgear's development branch as follows:

# clone the repository and get inside
git clone https://github.com/abhiTronix/vidgear.git && cd vidgear

# checkout the latest testing branch
git checkout development

# Install latest stable release with all Core dependencies
pip install .[core]

Then test if problem still presists. Goodluck!

[hughperkins]

Super! thank you :)