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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:17:50+00:00

I am having some trouble importing a class from a particular module. The class

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I am having some trouble importing a class from a particular module. The class is in the module my_module1.my_module2.my_module3.my_module4.my_module5.my_module6.my_module7

This code works

import my_module1.my_module2.my_module3.my_module4.my_module5.my_module6.my_module7

which means to access my class I have to do

my_module1.my_module2.my_module3.my_module4.my_module5.my_module6.my_module7.MyClass

But this does not

from my_module1.my_module2.my_module3.my_module4.my_module5.my_module6.my_module7 import MyClass

Neither does this

import my_module1.my_module2.my_module3.my_module4.my_module5.my_module6.my_module7 as my_name

Both Give this error saying

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute my_module7'

This has me completely stumped and I have been working on it for a couple of weeks now. Any suggestions?

EDIT – I cant change the structure unfortunately as it is imposed by the system I am using

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  1. Editorial Team

    Looks like a circular import.

    Gordon McMillan says:
    Circular imports are fine where both modules use the “import ” form of import. They fail when the 2nd module wants to grab a name out of the first (“from module import name”) and the import is at the top level. That’s because names in the 1st are not yet available, because the first module is busy importing the 2nd.

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