Handle conflict in namespace 'serial' (fossasia#114)

bessman · web-flow · commit 5c03e23d3e21 · 2020-06-07T15:04:27.000+02:00
diff --git a/PSL/packet_handler.py b/PSL/packet_handler.py
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 import inspect
 import serial
 
+# Handle namespace conflict between packages 'pyserial' and 'serial'.
+try:
+    serial.Serial
+except AttributeError:
+    e = "import serial failed; PSL requires 'pyserial' but conflicting package 'serial' was found."
+    raise ImportError(e)
+
 import PSL.commands_proto as CP
 
 
