partially initialized module error

[lambage]

Trying to run the simple examples I get this error

AttributeError: partially initialized module 'moderngl_window' has no attribute 'WindowConfig' (most likely due to a circular import)

I was able to get the cube_model.py working which appears to somehow get around this issue.

I assume it's because I'm using python3, is there an easy way to make this work?

[einarf]

We support Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8

• Do you have a full stack trace for this?
• What version are you currently using?
• What example crashes for you?

This is a bit weird. Did I overlook something stupid in the last release? If so, this should be quick to solve at least.

[lambage]

On ubuntu 20.04

kris@krislamb:~/projects/body-detection$ ./test.py --window pygame
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./test.py", line 4, in <module>
    import moderngl_window
  File "/home/kris/projects/moderngl-window/moderngl_window/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    import moderngl
  File "/home/kris/projects/body-detection/moderngl.py", line 7, in <module>
    class BasicWindowConfig(moderngl_window.WindowConfig):
AttributeError: partially initialized module 'moderngl_window' has no attribute 'WindowConfig' (most likely due to a circular import)
kris@krislamb:~/projects/body-detection$ python3 --version
Python 3.8.2
kris@krislamb:~/projects/body-detection$ pip3 list | grep pygame
pygame                 2.0.0.dev6    
kris@krislamb:~/projects/body-detection$ pip3 list | grep moderngl
moderngl               5.6.0         
moderngl-window        2.1.1         /home/kris/projects/moderngl-window

and the test app I was using.

#!/usr/bin/python3
import math
import moderngl_window

class BasicWindowConfig(moderngl_window.WindowConfig):
    """Minimal WindowConfig example"""
    gl_version = (3, 3)
    title = "Basic Window Config"

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(**kwargs)

    def render(self, time, frametime):
        self.ctx.clear(
            (math.sin(time) + 1.0) / 2,
            (math.sin(time + 2) + 1.0) / 2,
            (math.sin(time + 3) + 1.0) / 2,
        )

if __name__ == '__main__':
    moderngl_window.run_window_config(BasicWindowConfig)`

[einarf]

This is the problem: /home/kris/projects/body-detection/moderngl.py It believes your local module is the moderngl library. Rename it to something else.

This can be spotted in the stack trace.

  File "/home/kris/projects/moderngl-window/moderngl_window/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    import moderngl
  File "/home/kris/projects/body-detection/moderngl.py", line 7, in <module>

[lambage]

/facepalm My bad, I'm still learning the ropes on python lol

[einarf]

@lambage No worries. I'm just glad I could help solve the problem. Don't hesitate asking if you are stuck on some issue.

[einarf]

There are friendly communities like python discord : https://pythondiscord.com/ Also moderngl has a discord server linked in README.md here.

Great places to ask for help.