LGTM.com - false positive - Python: Module is imported with 'import' and 'import from'

[wolph]

The analyser erroneously thinks the module is imported twice

The specific case is within a try/except ImportError to handle older Python versions. These errors should not trigger if they are part of the same try/except block.

https://lgtm.com/projects/g/WoLpH/numpy-stl/snapshot/d42a4c10ac943a5789e77cba3c92ab0904ac975d/files/stl/base.py?sort=name&dir=ASC&mode=heatmap#x7cda6a9b22b9d912:1

try:  # pragma: no cover
    from collections import abc
except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
    import collections as abc

[tausbn]

Thank you for your report! I agree that in this case, we should not be issuing an alert.

As we're currently focused on improving our security analysis, and as this is not a problem that relates to security, we'll be adding to our backlog, and addressing it at a later date.

In the meantime, if you find the alerts annoying, you can suppress them as described in the LGTM.com help.