[import/no-cycle] possible false-positive with re-exported names

Given these files:

a.js

import {b} from './internal';
export const a = 'a';

b.js

import {a} from './internal';
export const b = 'b';

internal.js

export * from './a';
export * from './b';

.eslintrc

plugins:
  - import

parserOptions:
  ecmaVersion: 2020
  sourceType: module

rules:
  import/no-cycle: [2]

I see these errors:

a.js
  1:1  error  Dependency cycle detected  import/no-cycle

b.js
  1:1  error  Dependency cycle detected  import/no-cycle

internal.js
  1:1  error  Dependency cycle detected  import/no-cycle
  2:1  error  Dependency cycle detected  import/no-cycle

This is a example of @mweststrate’s internal module pattern and if I understand correctly, there are no actual circular dependencies here. Is it a false-positive or a error in the pattern itself?

[ljharb]

[silverwind]

I guess technically you’re correct. I didn’t really like that pattern anyways so I will avoid it.