Message4989

Author	Lonebuddha
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Date	2009-08-05.10:56:09
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In case of circular imports Python shows "ImportError: cannot import name <>" error and a stack trace, but Jython fails with "RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded". Use case description. 1. I have a package. 2. There are two modules in the package. 3. First one does "from . import <second module>" 4. Second one does "from . import <first module>" See an example in the attached file. Try to run "main.py".

In case of circular imports Python shows "ImportError: cannot import
name <>" error and a stack trace, but Jython fails with "RuntimeError:
maximum recursion depth exceeded".

Use case description.
1. I have a package.
2. There are two modules in the package.
3. First one does "from . import <second module>"
4. Second one does "from . import <first module>"

See an example in the attached file. Try to run "main.py".

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