This might be an isolated problem, but figured I'd ask in case someone has thoughts on a graceful approach to address it.

Here's the setup:

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views.py
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from django.http import HttpResponse
import shortcuts

def mood_dispatcher(request):
  mood = magic_function_to_guess_my_mood(request)
  return HttpResponse('Please go to %s' % shortcuts.MOODS.get(mood, somedefault))


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shortcuts.py
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MOODS = # expensive load that causes a reverse to happen

The issue is that shortcuts.py causes an exception to be thrown when a reverse is attempted before django is done building the urls. However, views.py doesn't yet need to import shortcuts.py (used only when mood_dispatcher is actually called). Obvious initial solutions are: 1) Import shortcuts inline (just not very nice stylistically) 2) Make shortcuts.py build MOODS lazily (just more work)

What I ideally would like is to be able to say, at the top of views.py, "import shortcuts except when loading urls"