[thayne]

It isn't just one though. Every linter I've used has warned about that.

Probably because PEP 8 says

> Imports are always put at the top of the file, just after any module comments and docstrings, and before module globals and constants

[BHSPitMonkey]

Ruff doesn't do this, and in fact even lets you specify modules that _must_ not be imported at the top level (banned-module-level-imports = [...])

I banished the worst/heaviest libraries to this list at my workplace and it's been really helpful at keeping startup times from regressing.