change python scripts so modules which register with blender have a register() function rather then making import automatically run the register functions (generally considered bad practice by python people)

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py b/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
index d0712d820fd..9bae14ff468 100644
--- a/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
+++ b/release/scripts/io/export_ply.py
@@ -313,14 +313,15 @@ class ExportPLY(bpy.types.Operator):
         row.prop(props, "use_colors")
 
 
-bpy.types.register(ExportPLY)
-
-
 def menu_func(self, context):
     default_path = bpy.data.filename.replace(".blend", ".ply")
     self.layout.operator(ExportPLY.bl_idname, text="Stanford (.ply)...").path = default_path
 
-bpy.types.INFO_MT_file_export.append(menu_func)
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    bpy.ops.export.ply(path="/tmp/test.ply")
+def register():
+    bpy.types.register(ExportPLY)
+    bpy.types.INFO_MT_file_export.append(menu_func)
+    
+def unregister():
+    bpy.types.unregister(ExportPLY)
+    bpy.types.INFO_MT_file_export.remove(menu_func)