Stop using __file__ outside tests

qcodes/_version.py

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 def _get_version() -> str:
+    from importlib.resources import files
     from pathlib import Path
 
     import versioningit
 
-    import qcodes
+    # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/4182
+    root_module = __loader__.name.split(".")[0]  # type: ignore[name-defined]
 
-    qcodes_path = Path(qcodes.__file__).parent
-    return versioningit.get_version(project_dir=qcodes_path.parent)
+    module_path = files(root_module)
+    if isinstance(module_path, Path):
+        return versioningit.get_version(project_dir=Path(module_path).parent)
+    else:
+        return "0.0"
 
 
 __version__ = _get_version()

qcodes/configuration/config.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+from importlib.resources import files
 from os.path import expanduser
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@
     "required": []
 }
 
+# https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/4182
+_PARENT_MODULE = ".".join(__loader__.name.split(".")[:-1])  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
 
 class Config:
     """
@@ -40,14 +44,14 @@ class Config:
     schema_file_name = "qcodesrc_schema.json"
     """Name of schema file"""
     # get abs path of packge config file
-    default_file_name = str(Path(__file__).parent / config_file_name)
+    default_file_name = str(files(_PARENT_MODULE) / config_file_name)
     """Filename of default config"""
     current_config_path = default_file_name
     """Path of the last loaded config file"""
     _loaded_config_files = [default_file_name]
 
     # get abs path of schema  file
-    schema_default_file_name = str(Path(__file__).parent / schema_file_name)
+    schema_default_file_name = str(files(_PARENT_MODULE) / schema_file_name)
     """Filename of default schema"""
 
     # home dir, os independent

qcodes/monitor/monitor.py

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Awaitable, Sequence
 from contextlib import suppress
+from importlib.resources import as_file, files
 from threading import Event, Thread
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
@@ -266,15 +267,20 @@
 
     # If this file is run, create a simple webserver that serves a simple
     # website that can be used to view monitored parameters.
-    static_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "dist")
-    os.chdir(static_dir)
+    # # https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/4182
+    parent_module = ".".join(__loader__.name.split(".")[:-1])  # type: ignore[name-defined]
+
+    static_dir = files(parent_module).joinpath("dist")
     try:
-        log.info("Starting HTTP Server at http://localhost:%i", SERVER_PORT)
-        with socketserver.TCPServer(("", SERVER_PORT),
-                                    http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler) as httpd:
-            log.debug("serving directory %s", static_dir)
-            webbrowser.open(f"http://localhost:{SERVER_PORT}")
-            httpd.serve_forever()
+        with as_file(static_dir) as extracted_dir:
+            os.chdir(extracted_dir)
+            log.info("Starting HTTP Server at http://localhost:%i", SERVER_PORT)
+            with socketserver.TCPServer(
+                ("", SERVER_PORT), http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+            ) as httpd:
+                log.debug("serving directory %s", static_dir)
+                webbrowser.open(f"http://localhost:{SERVER_PORT}")
+                httpd.serve_forever()
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         log.info("Shutting Down HTTP Server")