Add context manager for adding DLL directories to the search path

README.md

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 # rpyutils
 Various utility types and functions for Python
+
+## API
+
+- Context manager for adding DLLs to the Windows search path.
+  Only applies to Python 3.8 or newer:
+    - `add_dll_directories_from_env`

rpyutils/__init__.py

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 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+from .add_dll_directories import add_dll_directories_from_env
+
+
 __all__ = [
+    'add_dll_directories_from_env',
 ]

rpyutils/add_dll_directories.py

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+# Copyright 2020 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+import os
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def add_dll_directories_from_env(env_name: str):
+    """
+    Add a list of directories from an environment variable to the DLL search path on Windows.
+
+    Each directory in the environment variable that exists is passed to
+    :func:`os.add_dll_directory`.
+
+    If this function is called on a system other than Windows, then nothing happens and
+    an empty list is returned.
+    If this function is called with a version of Python less than 3.8, then nothing happens and
+    an empty list is returned.
+
+    Example usage::
+
+        with add_dll_directories_from_env('PATH'):
+            importlib.import_module('foo', package='bar')
+
+    :param env_name: The name of the environment variable with DLL search paths.
+    :return: A list of handles to directories.
+    """
+    dll_dir_handles = []
+    # This function only makes sense on Windows and if the function 'add_dll_directory' exists
+    if os.name == 'nt' and hasattr(os, 'add_dll_directory'):
+        env_values = os.environ[env_name].split(';')
+        for prefix_path in env_values:
+            # Only add directories that exist
+            if os.path.isdir(prefix_path):
+                dll_dir_handles.append(os.add_dll_directory(prefix_path))
+
+    try:
+        yield dll_dir_handles
+    finally:
+        for handle in dll_dir_handles:
+            handle.close()

test/rpyutils/test_add_dll_directories.py

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+# Copyright 2020 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from rpyutils import add_dll_directories_from_env
+
+
+def test_add_dll_direcotires_from_env(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    # Test with empty value
+    monkeypatch.delenv('TEST_ENV', raising=False)
+    with add_dll_directories_from_env('TEST_ENV'):
+        pass
+
+    # Test with one path
+    monkeypatch.setenv('TEST_ENV', tmp_path.name)
+    with add_dll_directories_from_env('TEST_ENV'):
+        pass
+
+    # Test with multiple paths
+    dir1 = tmp_path / 'subdir1'
+    dir2 = tmp_path / 'subdir2'
+    dir1.mkdir()
+    dir2.mkdir()
+    monkeypatch.setenv('TEST_ENV', f'{dir1.name};{dir2.name}')
+    with add_dll_directories_from_env('TEST_ENV'):
+        pass