# HG changeset patch
# User Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@octave.org>
# Date 2014-03-07 19:06:52
# Node ID dd2e25e49862213c73b5ea3412aa1fa5d8c92bab
# Parent  dda11e79952959a87298e5e094bf087c1837a0a3

dispatch: only do __import__(debugger) when a debugger is requested

When having ui.debugger=somedebugger in one's ~/.hgrc, this then
somedebugger would be imported for every hg command. With this patch,
this import only happens if the --debugger parameter is passed.

diff --git a/mercurial/dispatch.py b/mercurial/dispatch.py
--- a/mercurial/dispatch.py
+++ b/mercurial/dispatch.py
@@ -108,13 +108,17 @@ def _runcatch(req):
 
             # if we are in HGPLAIN mode, then disable custom debugging
             debugger = ui.config("ui", "debugger")
+            debugmod = pdb
             if not debugger or ui.plain():
                 debugger = 'pdb'
-
-            try:
-                debugmod = __import__(debugger)
-            except ImportError:
-                debugmod = pdb
+            elif '--debugger' in req.args:
+                # This import can be slow for fancy debuggers, so only
+                # do it when absolutely necessary, i.e. when actual
+                # debugging has been requested
+                try:
+                    debugmod = __import__(debugger)
+                except ImportError:
+                    pass # Leave debugmod = pdb
 
             debugtrace[debugger] = debugmod.set_trace
             debugmortem[debugger] = debugmod.post_mortem