import sys
from typing import Any, Dict, List
-import string_utils
+# This module is commonly used by others in here and should avoid
+# taking any unnecessary dependencies back on them.
# Note: at this point in time, logging hasn't been configured and
# anything we log will come out the root logger.
def parse() -> Dict[str, Any]:
+ import string_utils
+
"""Main program should call this early in main()"""
global config_parse_called
if config_parse_called: