Thanks much for this clear statement. I hadn't managed to find any documentation on this specific issue.
Bruce Sherwood On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Dave Angel <d...@davea.name> wrote: > Two of the things you mustn't do during an import: > > 1) start or end any threads > 2) import something that's already in the chain of pending imports. > (otherwise known as recursive imports, or import loop). And there's a > special whammy reserved for those who import the script as though it > were a module. > > Like any rule, there are possible exceptions. But you're much better > off factoring your code better. > > I haven't managed to understand your software description, so i'm not > making a specific suggestion. But I know others have pointed out that > you should do as little as possible in top-level code of an imported > module. Make the work happen in a function, and call that function from > the original script, not from inside some import. An imported module's > top-level code should do nothing more complex than initialize module > constants. > > > -- > > DaveA > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
