Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-18 Thread Dave Angel
Chris Angelico Wrote in message: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Dave Angel wrote: >> I once worked on (and then >> fixed) a build system that could not complete a build from clean. >> It needed some pieces from a previous build in order to get to >> the point where it was ready to build th

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-18 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Dave Angel wrote: > I once worked on (and then > fixed) a build system that could not complete a build from clean. > It needed some pieces from a previous build in order to get to > the point where it was ready to build those pieces. Recursive > depencies at co

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-18 Thread Dave Angel
Ian Kelly Wrote in message: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Dave Angel wrote: >> Ian Kelly Wrote in message: >>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Dave Angel wrote: >> In a module that might get tangled in a cycle, avoid global code that depends on other modules. Instead of puttin

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-18 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > Ian Kelly Wrote in message: >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > >>> In a module that might get tangled in a cycle, avoid global code >>> that depends on other modules. Instead of putting such >>> initialization at top le

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-18 Thread Charles T. Smith
On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:00:42 -0700, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 11/17/2014 03:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> Circular dependencies are not just a problem in Python, they are a >> problem throughout most of software design. > > Personally I find that duck typing eliminates a lot of the circula

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 18:17:13 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > BOY I LOVE TROGGING! Yes, we've noticed. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=trogging -- Steven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Michael Torrie
On 11/17/2014 03:45 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Circular dependencies are not just a problem in Python, they are a problem > throughout most of software design. Personally I find that duck typing eliminates a lot of the circular dependency problems. Class A doesn't necessarily have to know abou

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > BOY I LOVE TROGGING! For consistency, you should say GOVE there. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, November 17, 2014 4:46:05 PM UTC-6, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > [...] > Python is not Java, nor Perl, and if you're putting every > class into its own file, you are doing it wrong. Stop making these gross generalizations. Just because Java *REQUIRES* that you only have one class per file d

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Dave Angel
Ian Kelly Wrote in message: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Dave Angel wrote: >> In a module that might get tangled in a cycle, avoid global code >> that depends on other modules. Instead of putting such >> initialization at top level, put inside a function that gets >> called after all s

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Ian Kelly
On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Dave Angel wrote: > "Charles T. Smith" Wrote in message: > >> Well, I guess that's the definitive answer... the tips for delaying >> import are good, I'll try to leverage them. >> >> I was hoping there would be a way to have python postpone evaluation >> similar t

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Charles T. Smith wrote: > Yes, we're talking about recursive imports here. It's a complex, object- > oriented system with big classes and little classes that are strongly > interrelated. Well, there's your problem right there. You're working with a complex, highly coupled code-base. Alarms bells

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Dave Angel
"Charles T. Smith" Wrote in message: > Well, I guess that's the definitive answer... the tips for delaying > import are good, I'll try to leverage them. > > I was hoping there would be a way to have python postpone evaluation > similar to C's forward references. > In a module that might get ta

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-17 Thread Charles T. Smith
On Mon, 17 Nov 2014 08:08:40 +0100, dieter wrote: > "Charles T. Smith" writes: >> ... >> Are others equally frustrated by this or is there a trick or principle >> that I'm missing. At this point, I guess the way I'll have to proceed >> is to put every class in its own file, no matter how small.

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-16 Thread dieter
"Charles T. Smith" writes: > ... > Are others equally frustrated by this or is there a trick or principle > that I'm missing. At this point, I guess the way I'll have to proceed is > to put every class in its own file, no matter how small. Hopefully that > takes care of the problem. Recursiv

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Charles T. Smith wrote: > Yes, we're talking about recursive imports here. It's a complex, object- > oriented system with big classes and little classes that are strongly > interrelated. I can get the imports configured properly so everything > works but if I mak

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-16 Thread Charles T. Smith
On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:14:05 +0100, dieter wrote: > "Charles T. Smith" writes: >> Now, I'm getting these errors: >> >> ImportError: cannot import name ... >> >> and >> >> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute ... >> >> (what is 'module'?) >> >> Is there a way to resolve this withou

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-15 Thread dieter
"Charles T. Smith" writes: > Now, I'm getting these errors: > > ImportError: cannot import name ... > > and > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute ... > > (what is 'module'?) > > Is there a way to resolve this without having to restructure my code > every couple of days? > > I t

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-15 Thread Denis McMahon
On Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:52:33 +, Charles T. Smith wrote: > Now, I'm getting these errors: > > ImportError: cannot import name ... > > and > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute ... It would be useful to know what you're actually trying to import and what the complete erro

Re: caught in the import web again

2014-11-15 Thread Ben Finney
"Charles T. Smith" writes: > Now, I'm getting these errors: Please reduce the problem to a minimal, complete example demonstrating the behaviour http://sscce.org/> so that you can show us exactly what's happening. > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute ... > > (what is 'module'?)

caught in the import web again

2014-11-15 Thread Charles T. Smith
Now, I'm getting these errors: ImportError: cannot import name ... and AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute ... (what is 'module'?) Is there a way to resolve this without having to restructure my code every couple of days? I thought using imports of the form: from module i