From c0ada733a225a5210eddf61b987f44ef9f20886d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Josh Soref <2119212+jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:41:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Convert metrics_table.py to a module

Signed-off-by: Josh Soref <2119212+jsoref@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 pdns/recursordist/metrics.py       | 5 ++---
 pdns/recursordist/metrics_table.py | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pdns/recursordist/metrics.py b/pdns/recursordist/metrics.py
index 3d11b68973..63d004eccd 100644
--- a/pdns/recursordist/metrics.py
+++ b/pdns/recursordist/metrics.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import shutil
+import metrics_table
 
 # default: 'type': uint64
 # ptype: "'counter' (vs gauge')
@@ -31,9 +32,7 @@ def dedashForSNMP(name):
     ret = ret.replace('Nsec', 'NSEC')
     return ret
 
-# read table
-with open(srcdir + '/metrics_table.py', mode='r', encoding="utf-8") as file:
-    table = eval(file.read())
+table = metrics_table.table
 
 #
 # We create various files in the srcdir but copy them into the builddir if needed to satisfy meson
diff --git a/pdns/recursordist/metrics_table.py b/pdns/recursordist/metrics_table.py
index 2a4da2299c..8370ce2db1 100644
--- a/pdns/recursordist/metrics_table.py
+++ b/pdns/recursordist/metrics_table.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #   }
 #
 
-[
+table = [
     {
         'name': 'questions',
         'lambda': '[] { return g_Counters.sum(rec::Counter::qcounter); }',
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