pip install -e . — AttributeError: module 'vectorbt' has no attribute 'settings'

[dougransom]

Attempted to run after an install using pip install -e ..

`(.venv) PS C:\Users\doug\code\vectorbt> py
Python 3.10.11 (tags/v3.10.11:7d4cc5a, Apr 5 2023, 00:38:17) [MSC v.1929 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

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From the BitcoinDMAC example:

`---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[3], line 11
8 time_buffer = timedelta(days=100) # buffer before to pre-calculate SMA/EMA, best to set to max window
9 freq = '1D'
---> 11 vbt.settings.portfolio['init_cash'] = 100. # 100$
12 vbt.settings.portfolio['fees'] = 0.0025 # 0.25%
13 vbt.settings.portfolio['slippage'] = 0.0025 # 0.25%

AttributeError: module 'vectorbt' has no attribute 'settings'`

information about local install:
(.venv) PS C:\Users\doug\code\vectorbt> pip show vectorbt Name: vectorbt Version: 0.25.5 Summary: Python library for backtesting and analyzing trading strategies at scale Home-page: https://github.com/polakowo/vectorbt Author: Oleg Polakow Author-email: [email protected] License: Apache 2.0 with Commons Clause Location: c:\users\doug\code\vectorbt\.venv\lib\site-packages Editable project location: C:\Users\doug\code\vectorbt Requires: dateparser, dill, imageio, ipywidgets, matplotlib, mypy-extensions, numba, numpy, pandas, plotly, pytz, requests, schedule, scikit-learn, scipy, tqdm Required-by:

The problem doesn't manifest when installing from PyPi.

[dougransom]

@polakowo I am guessing this has to do with utils.import_submodules not walking the path where the code is located or maybe even working at all . If that makes sense to you assign it to me and I'll dig into it.

[dougransom]

Ok, I found the following works:
pip install -e . --config-settings editable_mode=strict
after reading https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/development_mode.html.
To resolve this issue, I suggest the readme.md be updated to provide the installation instructions, and find some way to throw an exception for editable installs without editable_mode=strict.

@polakowo let me know if you want me to make those changes.