ansible_mitogen: Rename Mitogen interpreter discovery attributes

This makes their nature and ownership/responsibility much more explicit.

ansible_mitogen/mixins.py

@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
 
         # required for python interpreter discovery
         connection.templar = self._templar
-        self._finding_python_interpreter = False
+
-        self._rediscovered_python = False
+        self._mitogen_discovering_interpreter = False
+        self._mitogen_interpreter_candidate = None
+        self._mitogen_rediscovered_interpreter = False
 
     def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
         """
@@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
             # only cache discovered_interpreter if we're not running a rediscovery
             # rediscovery happens in places like docker connections that could have different
             # python interpreters than the main host
-            if not self._rediscovered_python:
+            if not self._mitogen_rediscovered_interpreter:
                 result['ansible_facts'][self._discovered_interpreter_key] = self._discovered_interpreter
 
         if self._discovery_warnings:
@@ -457,7 +459,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         # calling exec_command until we run into the right python we'll use
         # chicken-and-egg issue, mitogen needs a python to run low_level_execute_command
         # which is required by Ansible's discover_interpreter function
-        if self._finding_python_interpreter:
+        if self._mitogen_discovering_interpreter:
             possible_pythons = [
                 '/usr/bin/python',
                 'python3',
@@ -484,7 +486,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
 
         for possible_python in possible_pythons:
             try:
-                self._possible_python_interpreter = possible_python
+                self._mitogen_interpreter_candidate = possible_python
                 rc, stdout, stderr = _run_cmd()
             # TODO: what exception is thrown?
             except:

ansible_mitogen/transport_config.py

@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ def run_interpreter_discovery_if_necessary(s, task_vars, action, rediscover_pyth
     it could be different than what's ran on the host
     """
     # keep trying different interpreters until we don't error
-    if action._finding_python_interpreter:
+    if action._mitogen_discovering_interpreter:
-        return action._possible_python_interpreter
+        return action._mitogen_interpreter_candidate
 
     if s in ['auto', 'auto_legacy', 'auto_silent', 'auto_legacy_silent']:
         # python is the only supported interpreter_name as of Ansible 2.8.8
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ def run_interpreter_discovery_if_necessary(s, task_vars, action, rediscover_pyth
             # if we're rediscovering python then chances are we're running something like a docker connection
             # this will handle scenarios like running a playbook that does stuff + then dynamically creates a docker container,
             # then runs the rest of the playbook inside that container, and then rerunning the playbook again
-            action._rediscovered_python = True
+            action._mitogen_rediscovered_interpreter = True
 
             # blow away the discovered_interpreter_config cache and rediscover
             del task_vars['ansible_facts'][discovered_interpreter_config]
 
         if discovered_interpreter_config not in task_vars['ansible_facts']:
-            action._finding_python_interpreter = True
+            action._mitogen_discovering_interpreter = True
             # fake pipelining so discover_interpreter can be happy
             action._connection.has_pipelining = True
             s = ansible.executor.interpreter_discovery.discover_interpreter(
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def run_interpreter_discovery_if_necessary(s, task_vars, action, rediscover_pyth
         action._discovered_interpreter_key = discovered_interpreter_config
         action._discovered_interpreter = s
 
-    action._finding_python_interpreter = False
+    action._mitogen_discovering_interpreter = False
     return s
 
 

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ In progress (unreleased)
 * :gh:issue:`1213` tests: Fix unclosed file in fd_check script
 * :gh:issue:`1213` :mod:`ansible_mitogen`: Don't redeclare Ansible interpreter
   discovery attributes
+* :gh:issue:`1213` :mod:`ansible_mitogen`: Rename Mitogen interpreter discovery
+  attributes
 
 
 v0.3.21 (2025-01-20)

tests/ansible/tests/connection_test.py

@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ class ConnectionMixin(MuxProcessMixin):
         conn = self.klass(play_context, new_stdin=False)
         # conn functions don't fetch ActionModuleMixin objs from _get_task_vars()
         # through the usual walk-the-stack approach so we'll not run interpreter discovery here
-        conn._action = mock.MagicMock(_possible_python_interpreter=testlib.base_executable())
+        conn._action = mock.MagicMock(
+            _mitogen_interpreter_candidate=testlib.base_executable(),
+        )
         conn.on_action_run(
             task_vars={},
             delegate_to_hostname=None,