Circular Inheritance

[Michele Simionato]

jinal jhaveri <jhaveri at usc.edu> wrote in message news:<mailman.1057099023.14043.python-list at python.org>...
> Hi All,
> 
> I have one question regarding circular inheritance
> 
> I have 3 files
> 
> 1) A.py , having module A and some other modules
> 2) B.py having module B and some other modules
> 3) C.py having module C and some other modules
> 
> Now I want to import Module C in B.py
> 
> but C requires A.py 
> and A requires B.py
> 
> so 
> 
> B requires C
> C requires A
> A requires B
> 
> and when I try to do this using 
> 
> from ...import....
> it tells me that you cannot import this. 
> 
> So any suggestions on this?
> 
> thank you
> Jinal

In theses circumstances, I find useful the "execfile" built-in. 
With "execfile" you can split a big module with internal references
in various files. For instance you could split your module in three
files and do something like

#module M
execfile('M1.py')
execfile('M2.py')
execfile('M3.py')

   Michele