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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Import statement unexpectedly executes functions in __init__.py ","articleBody":"### Apache Iceberg version\r\n\r\nNone\r\n\r\n### Please describe the bug 🐞\r\n\r\nWhen we import any functions that reside in `__init__.py`, it triggers the execution of the code instead of merely importing it. We must relocate the functions to a different file and manage the imports in `__init__.py` using the `__all__` variable. This approach enables both star imports and specific imports without running the code upon import, thereby providing isolation between the internal and public API.\r\n\r\nExamples:\r\n\r\n[AWS SDK for Pandas](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-pandas/blob/main/awswrangler/catalog/__init__.py)\r\n[Pandas Arrays](https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/pandas/arrays/__init__.py)\r\n[Scikit-Learn Datasets](https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/main/sklearn/datasets/__init__.py)\r\n\r\nMore info:\r\n\r\n[Python.org: Packages](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#packages)\r\n[Python.org: Importing from a Package](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/modules.html#importing-from-a-package)\r\n\r\nThis is causing me problems with the CLI I'm building as an internal tool. Can I be responsible for fixing this behavior?","author":{"url":"https://github.com/ndrluis","@type":"Person","name":"ndrluis"},"datePublished":"2024-03-04T21:53:27.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/497/iceberg-python/issues/497"}