Description Daniel Tröder 2021-03-16 17:20:39 CET

/kelvin # python3
Python 3.8.8 (default, Mar 15 2021, 13:12:20) 
[GCC 9.3.0] on linux
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>>> from ucsschool.lib.models.validator import validate
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/kelvin/ucs-school-lib/modules/ucsschool/lib/models/validator.py", line 84, in <module>
    def obj_to_dict(obj: UdmObject) -> Dict[str, Any]:
NameError: name 'UdmObject' is not defined
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'UdmObject' isn't imported as the try-except-ImportError block hodes a circular import exception.
When the try-except is removed it is revealed:

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>>> from ucsschool.lib.models.validator import validate
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/kelvin/ucs-school-lib/modules/ucsschool/lib/models/validator.py", line 42, in <module>
    from .base import UdmObject
  File "/kelvin/ucs-school-lib/modules/ucsschool/lib/models/base.py", line 51, in <module>
    from .validator import validate
ImportError: cannot import name 'validate' from partially initialized module 'ucsschool.lib.models.validator' (most likely due to a circular import) (/kelvin/ucs-school-lib/modules/ucsschool/lib/models/validator.py)
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Fix the circular import, but keep the type hint.