Function resolve

src/_pytest/monkeypatch.py:53–78

(name: str)

def resolve(name: str) -> object:
    # Simplified from zope.dottedname.
    parts = name.split(".")

    used = parts.pop(0)
    found = __import__(used)
    for part in parts:
        used += "." + part
        try:
            found = getattr(found, part)
        except AttributeError:
            pass
        else:
            continue
        # We use explicit un-nesting of the handling block in order
        # to avoid nested exceptions.
        try:
            __import__(used)
        except ImportError as ex:
            expected = str(ex).split()[-1]
            if expected == used:
                raise
            else:
                raise ImportError(f"import error in {used}: {ex}") from ex
        found = annotated_getattr(found, part, used)
    return found


def annotated_getattr(obj: object, name: str, ann: str) -> object: