Limitations of relative imports

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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20/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling

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The issue names relative imports, the package init file, and use as Ansible module utils, but no specific source file or test. First review the package import structure and the relocation requirement; the issue currently defines no required change or completion criterion.

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Description

sev-minor type-enhancement

Relative imports can have various impacts when the package is used from an external script, since said script may execute in the right virtual env but maybe not the right python context module wise.

There is two solutions to this:

  • Expose symbols between modules in the main init file
  • Use fully qualified imports

Unfortunately, the fully qualified break the possibility to "relocate" the module, ie, making it a submodule of another, which is required here for it to be usable as Ansible module utils.

No action is specifically required, this issue is merely a reminder of previous work in case the question arise later on.

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