library defined exceptions

[TuxTrax]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 23:18:18 GMT, Robin Munn Wrote in
Steve Ballmers hair grease:

> On Wed, 30 Oct 2002 at 21:10 GMT, TuxTrax <TuxTrax at fortress.tuxnet.net> wrote:
>> On 30 Oct 2002 12:52:18 GMT, Gerhard Häring Wrote in
>> Steve Ballmers hair grease:
>>> 
>>> You need to qualify the exception classes as well, if you use the "import
>>> module" form. I. e. use "nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError".
>>> 
>>> -- Gerhard
>> 
>> it needs to read:
>> 
>> try:
>>     <code block>
>> except nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError, errorarg:
>>     <code block>
>> 
>> and python will recognize the nntplib defined exceptions, in this case
>> NNTPTemporaryError?
> 
> That's correct. Exception names are just like any other names; they
> reside in a namespace. When you import a module, only that module's name
> gets added to your namespace; every name defined by the module,
> including exceptions, go in that module's namespace and are referenced
> as attributes of the module.
> 

Thanks Robin. That makes perfect sense. I almost did it right; I used
the nntp object created by the library rather than the library name as a 
qualifier. Understanding why you do something makes the difference!

Cheers,

Mathew

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