[ python-Bugs-1251528 ] smtplib and email.py

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Bugs item #1251528, was opened at 2005-08-03 21:50
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.3
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Cosmin Nicolaescu (cosminn)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: smtplib and email.py

Initial Comment:
If the script calling smtplib.SMTP() is called email.py
smtplib breaks and compiles email.py as a module.

I could not find any mention of this in the
documentation, and while this is not a big deal, it
should be documented.

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>Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2005-08-11 02:40

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Thanks Josiah.

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Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson)
Date: 2005-08-11 02:36

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smtplib imports a portion of the standard library module
email .  By naming your module 'email', you are masking the
standard library 'email' that smtplib is trying to import.

This is a common problem among new users of Python.  Before
naming your modules using an obviously common name, take a
peek at the modules that are currently available (a listing
is available here: http://docs.python.org/modindex.html ).

Future versions of Python may fix such issues, but this is
not guaranteed.

Suggested close.

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