ezdac.py

import json
from pathlib import Path

help_files = [Path(x) for x in Path("help").glob("*.maxhelp")]

def ezdac_search(patch, patch_name):
    if patch.get("maxclass") == "ezdac~" and not patch.get("local"):
        print(patch_name, patch)
    for k, v in patch.items():      
        if isinstance(v, dict):
            ezdac_search(v, patch_name)
        elif isinstance(v, list):
            for item in v:
                if isinstance(item, dict):
                    ezdac_search(item, patch_name)

for hf in help_files:
    with open(hf, "r") as f:
        patch = json.load(f)
        ezdac_search(patch, hf.name)

Useful for finding patches that have non-local ezdac~ which break user experience quite badly.