#258 python imports are included

[Hervé Cauwelier]

Since version 5.8, ctags also shows the import lines along with the function I am looking for.

It adds much noise and doesn't match ctags goal: find the declaration of the object we are interested into.

Example:

# pri kind tag file
1 F C i Editable myproject/gallery.py
from editable import Editable
2 F i Editable myproject/article.py
from editable import Editable
3 F i Editable myproject/shop.py
from editable import Editable
4 F c Editable myproject/editable.py
class Editable(object):
5 F i Editable myproject/product.py
from editable import Editable
6 F i Editable myproject/universe.py
from editable import Editable
Type number and <Enter> (empty cancels):

Here only entry 4 is useful and I should be brought immediately to it.

I have found how to deactivate it but I wanted to show disagreement.

Thanks anyway for this wonderful tool.

[George V. Reilly]

This is a major regression in Python support. 5.7 worked much better.

Hervé, how do you deactivate it?

[Hervé Cauwelier]

Check the man page. It is well documented how to activate or deactivate global options or options specific to Python. I also learned how to configure ctags without environment variables.

[Gediminas Paulauskas]

This is clearly a regression. Maybe there are some configuration options, but the previous behaviour should be the default. Otherwise, ctags 5.8 is useless for Python.

[Hervé Cauwelier]

For all those who won't read the documentation, here is my "~/.ctags":

--exclude=Python-*
--exclude=Zope-*
--exclude=build
--exclude=lib
--exclude=lib64
--exclude=include
--exclude=version[0-9]
--exclude=test*
--exclude=data
--exclude=ui
--python-kinds=-iv