Install causes error with intersystems-irispython connection

[gabriel-ing]

Installing sqlalchemy-iris after intersystems-irispython breaks the iris module from intersystems-irispython. After installation, iris.connect no longer exists.

>>> import iris
>>> iris.connect("localhost", 1972, "USER", "SuperUser", "SYS")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
    iris.connect("localhost", 1972, "USER", "SuperUser", "SYS")
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'iris' has no attribute 'connect'

Steps to reproduce

Install SDK and sqlalchemy-iris in a clean environment:

# create clean environment 
python -m venv test
# activate environment
.\test\Scripts\activate

pip install intersystems-irispython
pip install sqlalchemy-iris

Try to connect with iris in python

import iris
iris.connect("localhost", 1972, "USER", "SuperUser", "SYS")

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<python-input-1>", line 1, in <module>
    iris.connect("localhost", 1972, "USER", "SuperUser", "SYS")
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'iris' has no attribute 'connect'

Workaround

Forcing a re-install of intersystems-irispython after installing sqlalchemy-iris fixes the problem:

pip install --force-reinstall intersystems-irispython

Versions

Python 3.13.9
pip 25.2
intersystems-irispython-5.3.1 (although I've had the same issue with previous versions)
sqlalchemy_iris-0.18.1
Windows