[Python-Dev] [Python-3000-checkins] r45617 - in python/branches/p3yk/Lib/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages: CodeWarrior/CodeWarrior_suite.py CodeWarrior/__init__.py Explorer/__init__.py Finder/Containers_and_folders.py Finder/Files.py Finder/Finder_Basics.py Finder

[Thomas Wouters]

On 4/21/06, guido.van.rossum <python-3000-checkins at python.org> wrote:

> The hardest part was fixing two mutual recursive imports;
> somehow changing "import foo" into "from . import foo" where
> foo and bar import each other AND both are imported from __init__.py
> caused things to break.  Bah.


Hm, this is possibly a flaw in the explicit relative import mechanism.
Normal circular imports work because a module object is stuffed into
sys.modules before any code for the module is executed, so the next 'import'
of that module just finds the half-loaded module object. I guess 'from .
import name' really looks at the package contents, though, and there, the
module isn't stored until it's done loading. I'm not sure why it raises a
'cannot import name' exception instead of recursing into a spiral of death,
but I guess that's a good thing. :)

Should this be fixed, or is it an esoteric enough case that I shouldn't
bother?

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