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two way referencing in mongoengine

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Hey

i read here about two way referencing in mongoengine
https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/6-rules-of-thumb-for-mongodb-schema-design-part-2
how can it be done in mongoengine?
since if i do
class A(Document): a=ReferenceField(B)
and
class B(Document): b=ReferenceField(A)
i will get error for circular imports since the module that contains A import B and the module that contains B imports A

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Tech stack
mongodb, python
Domain
databases
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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