def set_paths(new_paths):
"""
Override the existing app path settings.
"""
global cache
cache = {}
if is_iterable(new_paths):
global paths
paths = new_paths
else:
raise TypeError("Argument to set_app_paths must be iterable")
def add_path(path, top=True):
"""
Add a new location to the app paths.
if top is true, the new path will be given the
highest priority and therefore betried before all the
existing paths. Otherwise, it will be given the
lowest priority
"""
if top:
# only need to flush cache if higher priority than existing
global cache
cache = {}
global paths
if is_iterable(path):
if top:
paths = list(path) + paths
else:
paths.extend(path)
else:
if top:
paths.insert(0, path)
else:
paths.append(path)
