From 492529006d531b828ae1ca9232e95a5fbb050b32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Alla <alla.brunoo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:14:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make inflection compat layer consistent with the others

Co-authored-by: T. Franzel <13507857+tfranzel@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 rest_framework/compat.py          | 7 ++-----
 rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/compat.py b/rest_framework/compat.py
index 96349aca0..afc06b6cb 100644
--- a/rest_framework/compat.py
+++ b/rest_framework/compat.py
@@ -48,12 +48,9 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # inflection is optional
 try:
-    from inflection import pluralize
+    import inflection
 except ImportError:
-    def pluralize(text):
-        if not text.endswith('s'):
-            text += "s"
-        return text
+    inflection = None
 
 
 # requests is optional
diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py b/rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py
index 5a1f64b89..38031e646 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas/openapi.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 from rest_framework import (
     RemovedInDRF315Warning, exceptions, renderers, serializers
 )
-from rest_framework.compat import pluralize, uritemplate
+from rest_framework.compat import inflection, uritemplate
 from rest_framework.fields import _UnvalidatedField, empty
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
 
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ class AutoSchema(ViewInspector):
                 name = name[:-len(action)]
 
         if action == 'list':
-            name = pluralize(name)
+            assert inflection, '`inflection` must be installed for OpenAPI schema support.'
+            name = inflection.pluralize(name)
 
         return name