[Python-ideas] Detecting circular imports ?

[Tarek Ziadé]

Hello,

This morning I tried to fix an issue for a while before I realized I
had a circular import. This issue is not obvious because you get a
cryptic error, like an AttributeError and it can tak a while before
finding out.

I don't know of this was mentioned before, or how hard it would be.
But it would be nice if Python had a specific "CircularImportError"
raised in that case, or something..
That would be a fabulous hint for developers.

Cheers
Tarek
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