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Module is imported more than once

ID: py/repeated-import Kind: problem Security severity: Severity: recommendation Precision: very-high Tags: - quality - maintainability - useless-code Query suites: - python-code-quality.qls - python-security-and-quality.qls 

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Importing the same module more than once has no effect as each module is only loaded once. It also confuses readers of the code.

Recommendation

Remove the second import.

Example

import module1 import module2 import module1 # Duplicate import 

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