From bce410a54bee6dd19484b265abf7b16f371d48bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom O'Hara <tomasohara@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:51:24 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] makes more_itertools import dynamic

---
 mezcla/misc_utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mezcla/misc_utils.py b/mezcla/misc_utils.py
index b1ae4168..fedf3913 100755
--- a/mezcla/misc_utils.py
+++ b/mezcla/misc_utils.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 import time
 
 # Installed packages
-import more_itertools
+## NOTE: made dynamic due to import issue during shell-script repo tests
+## TODO3: import more_itertools
 
 # Local packages
 from mezcla import debug
@@ -232,6 +233,8 @@ def trace_named_objects(level, list_text):
 
 def exactly1(items):
     """Whether one and only one if ITEMS is true"""
+    ## TEMP: does import here to avoid problem with mezcla package install
+    import more_itertools               # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
     ok = more_itertools.exactly_n(items, 1)
     debug.trace(4, f"exactly1({items}) => {ok}")
     return ok