NameError: name 'constants' is not defined

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I am guessing this is a python 3.12 issue possibly. This library worked for me before using VSCODE on Windows 11, but it is possible that this was before I removed other versions of Python. It is possible that when it worked, I had python 3.11 targeted as the interpreter.

Is there a fix for 3.12 or do I have to downgrade my Python install?
The error... NameError: name 'constants' is not defined throws when importing qrcode, as in import qrcode.
Error details is below.
Thanks

C:\Users\user>py -0p
 -V:3.12 *        C:\Program Files\Python312\python.exe
 
C:\Users\user>python -m pip list
Package           Version
----------------- ------------
attrs             24.2.0
brother-ql        0.9.4
click             8.1.7
colorama          0.4.6
future            1.0.0
packbits          0.6
pillow            10.4.0
pip               24.2
pypng             0.20220715.0
pyusb             1.2.1
qrcode            7.4.2
typing_extensions 4.12.2

C:\Users\user>py -m pip show qrcode
Name: qrcode
Version: 7.4.2
Summary: QR Code image generator
Home-page: https://github.com/lincolnloop/python-qrcode
Author: Lincoln Loop
Author-email: [email protected]
License: BSD
Location: C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages
Requires: colorama, pypng, typing-extensions
Required-by:

C:\Users\user>py
Python 3.12.6 (tags/v3.12.6:a4a2d2b, Sep  6 2024, 20:11:23) [MSC v.1940 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import qrcode
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\qrcode\__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from qrcode.main import QRCode
  File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\qrcode\main.py", line 80, in <module>
    class QRCode(Generic[GenericImage]):
  File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\site-packages\qrcode\main.py", line 87, in QRCode
    error_correction=constants.ERROR_CORRECT_M,
                     ^^^^^^^^^
NameError: name 'constants' is not defined
>>> exit()

From qrcode\main.py (snippet)

 80 class QRCode(Generic[GenericImage]):
 81     modules: ModulesType
 82     _version: Optional[int] = None
 83 
 84     def __init__(
 85         self,
 86         version=None,
 87         error_correction=constants.ERROR_CORRECT_M,
 88         box_size=10,
 89         border=4,
 90         image_factory: Optional[Type[GenericImage]] = None,
 91         mask_pattern=None,
 92     ):

To reproduce, open a windows command line terminal, enter a python REPL environment by typing python and pressing enter, then try import qrcode and press enter.