[PR #11396/c8356981 backport][stable-12] move imports from functions to the top of the file (#11399)

move imports from functions to the top of the file (#11396)

* move imports from functions to the top of the file

* add changelog frag

* Apply suggestions from code review



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(cherry picked from commit c8356981bb)

Co-authored-by: Alexei Znamensky <103110+russoz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>

plugins/modules/linode.py

@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
   delegate_to: localhost
 """
 
+import random
+import string
 import time
 import traceback
 
@@ -295,8 +297,6 @@ def randompass():
     # It must contain at least two of these four character classes:
     # lower case letters - upper case letters - numbers - punctuation
     # we play it safe :)
-    import random
-    import string
 
     # as of python 2.4, this reseeds the PRNG from urandom
     random.seed()