[Tutor] module Cyclic references

[Andy W]

> hi all,

Hi

> my code is behaving in a strange way.

Goody, I like strange things. *gets to the task at hand*

> >>> import test
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "test.py", line 1, in ?
>     from movie import Movie, Rental
>   File "movie.py", line 1, in ?
>     import price
>   File "price.py", line 1, in ?
>     from movie import Movie, Rental
> ImportError: cannot import name Movie
> >>>
>
> This sequence works just fine!
> >>> import price
> >>> import movie
> >>> import cust
> >>> import test

Umm this sounds too simple to be true, but is there a typo or something?
Unless I'm totally wrong, and someone smarter and more brilliant comes up
with a different answer, can you please do the following:

###
import movie
print dir(movie)
###

and then email again what it comes up with.

Andy W

>
> thanks
> karthik.
>
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> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of marco
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> Subject: Re: vi or emacs for editing Python on Linux?
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>
> "maxm" <maxm at mxm.dk> writes:
>
> > One of my biggest problems in switching is my editor. On windows I use
> > Ultraedit as a general editor, and i type really fast in it. Knowing the
> > shortcuts and all. Every time I boot up one of my Linux machines I have
a
> > hard time editing files under the arcane unix editors. I have tried both
> > emacs and vim and I disklike both!
>
> Maybe Nedit is good for Windows people: www.nedit.org
> (but I use emacs myself -- those "arcane" editors are
> tried and true).
>
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