import-self (PLW0406)

Added in v0.0.265 · Related issues · View source

Derived from the Pylint linter.

What it does

Checks for import statements that import the current module.

Why is this bad?

Importing a module from itself is a circular dependency and results in an ImportError exception.

Example

# file: this_file.py
from this_file import foo


def foo(): ...