E0402 relative-beyond-top-level

Message

'Attempted relative import beyond top-level package'

Description

Used when a relative import tries to access too many levels in the current package.

Example

Given the following files

# mypkg/__init__.py
from . import mymod

# mypkg/mymod.py
from . import myothermod
# ...

# mypkg/myothermod.py
from .. import somemod
# ...

The two relative imports in mypkg/__init__.py and mypkg/mymod.pg work because they only import from the current level. The import in mypkg/myothermod.py though tries to import from the parent of mypkg which is impossible because mypkg is the top-level package and does not have a parent.

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