Better error message on recursive import

Thomas Guettler hv at tbz-pariv.de
Thu Sep 11 06:43:34 EDT 2008


Hi,

why does Python only raise ImportError if it fails caused by a recursive import?

I know what's wrong. But I guess many beginner don't know what's wrong. I don't
want much, just "RecursiveImportError" instead of "ImportError". Is this possible?

  Thomas


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