id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
2931	allmydata/__init__.py has surprising side-effects	exarkun		"I can't explain what's going on yet but I'm fairly sure that whatever it is, it is bad and should be fixed:

{{{
$ python -c 'from twisted.trial._dist.workerreporter import *'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""<string>"", line 1, in <module>
  File ""local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/trial/_dist/workerreporter.py"", line 15, in <module>
    from twisted.trial.reporter import TestResult
  File ""local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/trial/reporter.py"", line 29, in <module>
    from twisted.trial.unittest import makeTodo
  File ""local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/trial/unittest.py"", line 16, in <module>
    from twisted.trial._asyncrunner import (
  File ""local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/trial/_asyncrunner.py"", line 16, in <module>
    from twisted.trial import itrial, reporter
ImportError: cannot import name reporter
$ python -c 'import allmydata; from twisted.trial._dist.workerreporter import *'
$
}}}

Supposition: An import of `allmydata` should have no observable consequences for a subsequent import of any `twisted` module (or, arguably, any module outside of `allmydata`)."	defect	closed	normal	undecided	unknown	1.12.1	somebody else's problem