[Python-ideas] ImportError raised for a circular import

[Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer]

anyways circular imports seem to be making people go for node.js rather
than using python . . .

Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer,
Mauritius
abdurrahmaanjanhangeer.wordpress.com

On 13 Jun 2017 23:04, "Barry Scott" <barry at barrys-emacs.org> wrote:

> Recently I fell into the trap of creating a circular import and yet again
> it took time to figure out what was wrong.
>
> I'm wondering why the python import code does not detect this error and
> raise an exception.
>
> I took a look at the code and got as far as figuring out that I would need
> to add the detection to the
> python 3 import code. Unless I missed something I cannot get the detection
> without
> modifying the core code as I could see no way to hook the process cleanly.
>
> Is it reasonable idea to add this detection to python?
>
> I am willing to work on a patch.
>
> Barry
>
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