library defined exceptions

[Robin Munn]

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.

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