redefinition of unused 'somemodule' from line X

[unode]

try:
    import simplejson as json
except ImportError:
    import json

with open('file.json') as fh:
    json.load(fh)

The previous block of code will generate the error "redefinition of unused 'json' from line 4 ". But in this case I don't see why it should be an error.

[unode]

Although different in context, it might be related to this issue.

[kevinw]

This annoys me too, but I'm not 100% sure how to generalize it into something that doesn't miss actual errors.

But yeah: imports that are inside a try/except ImportError: block could be marked as such, and then if redefined in the except block, not raise a message. I'll give it a shot for the next release!

[ervandew]

Although different in context, it might be related to this issue.

That issue is separate and has been resolved. The case reported here still occurs in the latest version.

[unode]

I'll be waiting for the fix. Thanks for the quick reply.

[deemoowoor]

While the fix is still coming, this is how it can be worked around, if you're wondering:

try:
      from unittest.runner import _WritelnDecorator
     _WritelnDecorator; # workaround for pyflakes issue #13
except ImportError:
     from unittest import _WritelnDecorator

Substitude _unittest and _WritelnDecorator with the entities (modules, functions, classes) you need

[amueller]

Any progress on this? A related issue is code like this:

if i==1:
    def g():
        return 1
else:
    def g():
        return 2

which gives a "redefinition of function" warning.