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[sokratisvas]

Hi, here is my attempt to fix #14 .

[FoamyGuy]

I have one requested change to the way the import is written. The rest of this is looking good to me.

Thanks for working on this @sokratisvas!

[FoamyGuy]

For the import here we can try importing typing first like this:

try:
    import typing
    from busio import I2C
except ImportError:
    pass

the typing module doesn't exist on microcontrollers so this will fail to import and then prevent it from importing busio (or anything else that we would need strictly for typing rather than functionality). Which will save a bit of RAM space for us

[sokratisvas]

Thanks for the detailed answer! When I added import typing in the try except block, the pre-commit test fails at pylint (library code). More specifically, the pylint error is adafruit_vcnl4040.py:42:4: W0611: Unused import typing (unused-import). Should I commit the changes anyway?

[tekktrik]

Yup, typically pylint would be correct, but the behavior @FoamyGuy detailed is more important. You can disable that specific warning using a comment:

try:
    import typing  # pylint: disable=unused-import
    from busio import I2C
except ImportError:
    pass

That'll let pylint know you understand it's anger but don't care 😆

[tekktrik]

Nice! Thanks @sokratisvas and @FoamyGuy!