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7387	Recursive imports in django.contrib.contenttypes.generic	oliver@…	nobody	"I'm trying to import `django.contrib.contenttypes.generic` in a script of mine, which causes a recursive import in Django:-

{{{
>>> from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""<stdin>"", line 1, in <module>
  File ""/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django/contrib/contenttypes/generic.py"", line 8, in <module>
    from django.db.models import signals
  File ""/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django/db/models/__init__.py"", line 6, in <module>
    from django.db.models.query import Q
  File ""/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py"", line 7, in <module>
    from django.db.models import signals, sql
  File ""/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/__init__.py"", line 2, in <module>
    from subqueries import *
  File ""/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/subqueries.py"", line 5, in <module>
    from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic
ImportError: cannot import name generic
}}}

However, if I try this in Django's shell (as in through `manage.py shell` this seems to work fine for some reason. However, in a standard Python shell when I've run `setup_environ` it doesn't, and I see this error. It's important for me to be able to use it in the standard Python shell as this was highlighted to me by a script I'm trying to write).
"		closed	Contrib apps	dev		fixed	import importerror recursive contenttypes		Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0