Fixed a circular import between `win32comext.axscript.client.framewor…

…k` and `win32comext.axscript.client.error` (#2381)

CHANGES.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ https://mhammond.github.io/pywin32_installers.html.
 Coming in build 308, as yet unreleased
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+* Fixed a circular import between `win32comext.axscript.client.framework` and `win32comext.axscript.client.error` (#2381, @Avasam)
+
 Build 307, released 2024-10-04
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 ### Release process changes

com/win32comext/axscript/client/error.py

@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@
 import traceback
 import warnings
 from types import TracebackType
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pythoncom
 import win32com.server.util
 import winerror
 from win32com.axscript import axscript
 from win32com.server.exception import COMException
-from win32comext.axscript.client.debug import DebugManager
-from win32comext.axscript.client.framework import AXScriptCodeBlock, COMScript
-from win32comext.axscript.server.axsite import AXSite
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    # Prevent circular imports
+    from win32comext.axscript.client.debug import DebugManager
+    from win32comext.axscript.client.framework import AXScriptCodeBlock, COMScript
+    from win32comext.axscript.server.axsite import AXSite
 
 debugging = 0
 

com/win32comext/axscript/client/framework.py

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 import win32com.server.util
 import winerror
 from win32com.axscript import axscript
+from win32com.server.exception import COMException, IsCOMServerException
+
+from . import error  # axscript.client.error
 
 
 def RemoveCR(text):
@@ -32,9 +35,6 @@ def RemoveCR(text):
 SCRIPTTEXT_ISEXPRESSION = 0x00000020
 SCRIPTTEXT_ISPERSISTENT = 0x00000040
 
-from win32com.server.exception import COMException, IsCOMServerException
-
-from . import error  # ax.client.error
 
 state_map = {
     axscript.SCRIPTSTATE_UNINITIALIZED: "SCRIPTSTATE_UNINITIALIZED",