Reduce imports clutter

Author: elicn

qiling/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 from .core import Qiling
-from .__version__ import __version__
+from .__version__ import __version__
+
+__all__ = ['Qiling']

qiling/core.py

@@ -4,14 +4,12 @@
 #
 
 import os, pickle
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AnyStr, List, Mapping, MutableMapping, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39740632/python-type-hinting-without-cyclic-imports
-from typing import AnyStr, List, Mapping, MutableMapping, Sequence, Union
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-from configparser import ConfigParser
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from unicorn.unicorn import Uc
+    from configparser import ConfigParser
     from logging import Logger
     from .arch.arch import QlArch
     from .os.os import QlOs
@@ -26,7 +24,6 @@
 from .utils import *
 from .core_struct import QlCoreStructs
 from .core_hooks import QlCoreHooks
-from .__version__ import __version__
 
 # Mixin Pattern
 class Qiling(QlCoreHooks, QlCoreStructs):
@@ -269,7 +266,7 @@ def multithread(self) -> bool:
         return self._multithread
 
     @property
-    def profile(self) -> ConfigParser:
+    def profile(self) -> "ConfigParser":
         """ Program profile. See qiling/profiles/*.ql for details.
 
             Note: Please pass None or the path string to Qiling.__init__.

qiling/utils.py

@@ -459,3 +459,21 @@ def verify_ret(ql, err):
                 raise
     else:
         raise
+
+__all__ = [
+    'catch_KeyboardInterrupt',
+    'os_convert',
+    'arch_convert',
+    'debugger_convert',
+    'arch_os_convert',
+    'ql_get_module',
+    'ql_get_module_function',
+    'ql_guess_emu_env',
+    'select_os',
+    'select_arch',
+    'select_loader',
+    'select_debugger',
+    'select_component',
+    'profile_setup',
+    'verify_ret'
+]

qltool

@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ import os
 import sys
 import ast
 import pickle
-import unicorn
+
+from unicorn import __version__ as uc_ver
+from qiling import __version__ as ql_ver
 
 from qiling import Qiling
 from qiling.arch import utils as arch_utils
 from qiling.debugger.qdb import QlQdb
 from qiling.utils import arch_convert
 from qiling.const import QL_VERBOSE, QL_ENDIAN, os_map, arch_map, verbose_map
-from qiling.__version__ import __version__ as ql_version
 from qiling.extensions.coverage import utils as cov_utils
 from qiling.extensions import report
 
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ def handle_examples(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f'qltool for Qiling {ql_version}, using Unicorn {unicorn.__version__}')
+    parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version=f'qltool for Qiling {ql_ver}, using Unicorn {uc_ver}')
 
     commands = parser.add_subparsers(title='sub commands', description='select execution mode', dest='subcommand')