API: Cleaning numpy/__init__.py and main namespace - Part 2 [NEP 52] (#24357)

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Original NumPy Commit: 250e1479ce342d9d7ab8a592508f6ce892d4c98b

Author: mtsokol

array_api_strict/_array_object.py

@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 
-import array_api_strict
-
 
 class Array:
     """
@@ -458,6 +456,7 @@ def __array_namespace__(
     ) -> types.ModuleType:
         if api_version is not None and not api_version.startswith("2021."):
             raise ValueError(f"Unrecognized array API version: {api_version!r}")
+        import array_api_strict
         return array_api
 
     def __bool__(self: Array, /) -> bool: