Sounds good, though I think its mostly the first option, not the
third. And anyway, if importing a function from a module causes
circular import problems, so will just importing the module.

Aaron Meurer

On Oct 3, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Joachim Durchholz <[email protected]> wrote:

> Okay, here's my current plan:
>
> Leave S alone for the moment - I don't feel we have reached a consensus there.
>
> Remove all uses of C inside SymPy, replacing them by imports from the 
> original module.
> Fix any import cycles that that causes. Techniques I have seen:
> - Move the import statement into the function that uses it
>  (dependencies less clear)
> - Move the import to the bottom of the file
>  (dependencies less clear)
>  (nonidiomatic)
>  (can cause other problems)
> - Replace "import foo from mod" with "import mod"
>  (requires changing foo() to mod.foo())
>  (seems to be the least intrusive change for most situations)
> - Eliminate the cycle by
>  - importing just submodules
>  - splitting a module
>  (possible if import graph is cyclic, call graph is acyclic)
>  (sometimes this actually improves the overall program structure)
>  (sometimes it rips apart stuff that belongs together)
> Probably it's mostly the third option, and the last option in obvious cases.
>
> Make a separate pull request per module, except when refactoring.
> This should avoid huge pull requests that accumulate conflicts until they're 
> approved.
>
> Once all pull requests are accepted, deprecate C.
>
>
> Should I go forward with that?
> Advice? Comments?
>
> Regards,
> Jo
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