This fixes a util.py -> transaction.py -> util.py circular import, which was previously "fixed" in a hacky way by importing transaction.py in MyEncoder

util.py is imported almost everywhere, so it should import as few other modules as possible.

This commit is move-mostly, with two minor fixups flagged by PyCharm:

• rename socket -> sock in the JSONSocketPipe.__init__ args to avoid shadowing the socket module from the outer scope
• simplify chained comparison: if self.max_message_bytes > 0 and len(self.recv_buf) > self.max_message_bytes: -> if 0 < self.max_message_bytes < len(self.recv_buf):

python test_runner.py