New submission from Madison May:
Naming a file `io.py` in the root directory of a project causes the following error on 2.7:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'BufferedIOBase'
Similar issues arise on 3.x., although the error message is a bit more useful:
Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: can't initialize sys standard streams AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'OpenWrapper'
At the very least we should ensure that the error message is a bit more straightforward and clear, as I imagine its not all that uncommon to cause this kind of conflict.
---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, IO messages: 215940 nosy: docs@python, madison.may priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Naming a file` io.py` causes cryptic error message versions: Python 2.7
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