[Zope3-Users] Wierd import problem

[Stephan Richter]

On Tuesday 28 February 2006 06:50, Florian Lindner wrote:
>     ImportError: cannot import name UserRegistrationField
>
>
>
> my views.py has:
>
>
> class UserRegistrationField(TextLine):
>     implements(ITextLine)
>    
>     def _validate(self, value):
>         super(UserRegistrationField, self)._validate(value)
>         [...]
>
>
> and my interfaces.py:
>
> from views import UserRegistrationField
>
> both are in the same directory. If I remove the the import everything goes
> well. If I cut&paste the code from views.py to interfaces it works too.
>
> What am I doing wrong here?

This is a classical circular import error. If your views.py, for example, 
imports interfaces.py, you have a circular import loop between views.py and 
interfaces.py.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
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