import attr from attrs imports wrong package

[radekzc]

2023-12-13 19:48:09.894 [info] from lsprotocol import types as lsp
File "/home/svobora/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.pylint-2023.10.1/bundled/libs/lsprotocol/types.py", line 14, in
import attrs
File "/home/svobora/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.pylint-2023.10.1/bundled/libs/attrs/init.py", line 3, in
from attr import (
ImportError: cannot import name 'AttrsInstance' from 'attr' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/attr/init.py)

It imports attr package from system python folder (Ubuntu 22.04). What to do?

[hynek]

OK, I'm sorry, but how are we supposed to help you with that? It seems to be a packaging issue, caused by a VS Code extension that seems to bundle attrs!? My best suggestion is to reinstall ms-python.pylint whose installation seems to be corrupted.

[hynek]

There's also this: microsoft/vscode-pylint#386

[radekzc]

For the starters do not name your packages the same as already existing packages, especially if those are installed as part of mainstream operating systems.

[hynek]

What package would that be?

[radekzc]

attr (not attrs) and removing import attr from your package

[radekzc]

https://pypi.org/project/attr/

Attrs should shadow it with its own attr package but it is not working. I suggest not naming a package with a same name as another package in pip.

[hynek]

Have you double-checked it's actually that package?

On Ubuntu it is not:

$ egrep '(title|author)' /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/attr/__init__.py
__title__ = "attrs"
__author__ = "Hynek Schlawack"