circular import snafu

[Dirk-Ulrich Heise]

"Mookie D." <mookied at iname.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I have several modules that by necessity are including each other in a
> circular manner.

One of the common tricks to break up such cycles was, in C,
to use function vectors on the ground layer and set them up when the
app starts.

In Python, this would be something like:
Groundmodule.py:
  def Bla():
      pass

and later, in your top module, you'd do
  import Groundmodule
  def RealBla():
      DoSomethingMeaningFul()

  def Init_App():
      Groundmodule.Bla = RealBla
  Init_App()
  DoRealWork()
rebinding the references to the dummy function.
Not pretty, but it breaks up the cycle.
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