Why does this fail?

[Mel Wilson]

In article <vvhdlm72386b3c at corp.supernews.com>,
"Dave Murray" <dlmurray at micro-net.com> wrote:
>New to Python question, why does this fail?
>
>---testcase.py---
>import sys, urllib, htmllib
>def Checkit(URL):
>    try:
>        print "Opening", URL
>        f = urllib.open(URL)
>        f.close()
>        return 1
>    except:
Here, try
     except Exception, details
         print "Exception:", details
>        return 0
>
>rtfp = Checkit("http://www.python.org/doc/Summary.html")
>if rtfp == 1:
>    print "OK"
>else:
>    print "Fail"

Then you'll see

Opening http://www.python.org/doc/Summary.html
Exception: 'module' object has no attribute 'open'
Fail


You probably mean urlopen .

        Regards.        Mel.