Module imports itself¶
ID: py/import-own-moduleKind: problemSecurity severity: Severity: recommendationPrecision: very-highTags: - quality - maintainability - useless-codeQuery suites: - python-security-and-quality.qls
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There is no need for a module to import itself. A module importing itself may lead to errors as the module may be in an incomplete state when imported by itself.
Recommendation¶
Remove the import statement. Convert all expressions of the formmod.name where “mod” is the name of the current module toname.
Example¶
In this example the module,ModuleImportsItself imports itself and has an expression referencing the module it is in as well.
importModuleImportsItselfdeffactorial(n):ifn<=0:return1returnn*ModuleImportsItself.factorial(n-1)
The import can be removed and the reference can be corrected.
deffactorial(n):ifn<=0:return1returnn*factorial(n-1)
References¶
Python:Modules.