3.6.3 hotfix: fix interactive console failing on macro imports.

Author: Technologicat

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
-**3.6.3** (in progress, last updated 27 September 2024)
+**3.6.3** (27 September 2024) - hotfix:
 
-*No user-visible changes yet.*
+**Fixed**
+
+- Fix interactive console failing on macro imports.
+  - Now `__init__.py` imports `mcpyrate.activate` as soon as possible.
+  - Neither in-tree tests nor the CI automation detected this. It was only when running `macropython -i` (or IPython with the `mcpyrate.repl.iconsole` extension) in a separate terminal window, against an installed `mcpyrate`, that this error came up.
+  - For those arriving from Google, the error message was: `ImportError: cannot import name 'macros' from 'mcpyrate.quotes'`
 
 
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mcpyrate/__init__.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from .utils import gensym  # noqa: F401
 
 # For public API inspection, import modules that wouldn't otherwise get imported.
+from . import activate  # noqa: F401, ensure our own .pyc files are generated with the macro expander enabled
 from . import ansi  # noqa: F401
 from . import debug  # noqa: F401
 from . import metatools  # noqa: F401