Merge pull request #2595 from DanielNoord/circular-import

Avoid a circular import

Author: DanielNoord

isort/settings.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from typing import Any
 from warnings import warn
 
-from . import sorting, stdlibs
+from . import stdlibs
 from .exceptions import (
     FormattingPluginDoesNotExist,
     InvalidSettingsPath,
@@ -675,6 +675,8 @@ def sorting_function(self) -> Callable[..., list[str]]:
             return self._sorting_function
 
         if self.sort_order == "natural":
+            from . import sorting  # noqa: PLC0415 # Circular import...
+
             self._sorting_function = sorting.naturally
         elif self.sort_order == "native":
             self._sorting_function = sorted

isort/sorting.py

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import re
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import Any
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from .settings import Config
-else:
-    Config = Any
+from .settings import Config
 
 _import_line_intro_re = re.compile("^(?:from|import) ")
 _import_line_midline_import_re = re.compile(" import ")