Daniel Arbuckle's Mastering Python

Resolving attribute errors raised due to cyclic dependencies

There are two common ways to address the attribute error. The first one is usually considered the best. This method is to break the cycle by taking some of the code from one of the modules and moving it into a third module, which both the other modules can import without causing a cycle. In the following example, if we move the A class into its own module, there would be no cycle and all would be well:

The other way to address this problem is to move the import statement that causes the cycle, as shown in the following screenshot:

If we move the import statement down, as shown in ...