PyGhidra equivalent to from __main__ import

[msm-code]

Hi,

I have a Ghidra library, that I want to use in my scripts and interactively. But I want to use Ghidra flat api directly - so for example in my library I want to be able to write this:

def where_am_i():
    print(getCurrentLocation())

In Jython it was possible with the following import:

from __main__ import getCurrentLocation

This works as expected - for example I can have multiple windows open, or multiple programs open in a single tool, and getCurrentLocation will always refer to the active one. How can I achieve the same thing with PyGhidra?

One workaround I found is that I can do:

from pyghidra.script import get_current_interpreter

# option 1
def getCurrentLocationWrap():
    return get_current_interpreter().getCurrentLocation()

# option 2
interpreter = get_current_interpreter()
def getCurrentLocationWrap():
    return interpreter.getCurrentLocation()

But option 1 crashes as soon as Ghidra window stops being active (get_current_interpreter becomes none when I switch windows). Option2 on the other hand obviously becomes stale when I work on more than one program. I think the root issue is that all PyGhidra interpreters share state (including loaded modules).

Is there a way to have the same behaviour as in Jython using PyGhidra?

Use case my use case is that I use my library in scripts and interactively. For example I when type deobfuscate("FUN_01234567") in the interactive console, I want to refer to FUN_01234567 in the active program. Similarly, when I run DeobfuscateActiveFunction.py, I want the script to get active function for the active program.

[ryanmkurtz]

I haven't been ignoring this, I've just been busy with getting things ready for the 11.3 release. I will likely spend a large chunk of time addressing things like this and other API improvements for the 11.4 release.

Seems like you also can't import a module that you have added via the Bundle Manager, like you could with Jython.

[msm-code]

I didn't think you're ignoring this, I know you're all busy (and it's still a holiday season, at least where I live).

Seems like you also can't import a module that you have added via the Bundle Manager, like you could with Jython.

That's true, though I wasn't sure if that's an intended design or not. I assumed the "proper" way to install library packages for pyghidra is to source ghidra_venv/bin/activate and pip install the needed library. In theory ghidra libraries may be distributed by pypi, so that users will pip install ghidra-package for pyghidra just like they can let's say pip install unicorn.

Currently I work around that by doing sys.path.append("/local/path/to/my/module") before running my other scripts. If bundle manager could do it automatically it would make things a bit easier.

[msm-code]

In theory ghidra libraries may be distributed by pypi, so that users will pip install ghidra-package for pyghidra just like they can let's say pip install unicorn

Already done btw: https://pypi.org/project/pyghidra/

By explicit user request:msm-code/ghidralib#1