[BangPypers] ReadError: opening tar file

[Anand Balachandran Pillai]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 12:04:38PM +0530, Anand Balachandran Pillai wrote:
> > > >>>import tarfile
> > > >>>tarfile.open("*.tar.gz","r:gz")
> > > > ImportError: No module named zlib
> >
> > I agree that the error message could be more
> > descriptive. In this case looks like the tarfile module is masking
> > the original error message which is a failure to import zlib module.
>
> Really? ImportError: No module named zlib is fine enough to say that
> you don't have zlib installed. (I am talking in general and not for
> OP's purpose). What could be a better error message here?
>

Please read the entire thread. You joined the thread later.
Refer to the first message by OP and you will understand what
I am talking here.


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Regards,

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--Anand