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RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object

See original GitHub issue

When two tables have foreign keys that reference each other:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/bin/sqlite_web", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlite_web/sqlite_web.py", line 841, in main
    initialize_app(args[0], options.read_only, password, options.url_prefix)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sqlite_web/sqlite_web.py", line 812, in initialize_app
    dataset = SqliteDataSet('sqlite:///%s' % filename, bare_fields=True)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/dataset.py", line 48, in __init__
    **kwargs)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/reflection.py", line 764, in generate_models
    _create_model(table, models)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/reflection.py", line 688, in _create_model
    _create_model(dest, models)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/reflection.py", line 688, in _create_model
    _create_model(dest, models)
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/reflection.py", line 688, in _create_model
    _create_model(dest, models)
  [Previous line repeated 989 more times]
  File "/Users/tekumara/.local/pipx/venvs/sqlite-web/lib/python3.7/site-packages/playhouse/reflection.py", line 684, in _create_model
    for foreign_key in database.foreign_keys[table]:
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object

peewee 3.14.8