[Import-SIG] improving ImportError
Eric Snow
ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 21:06:22 CEST 2011
Armin Ronacher has an interesting blog post about some of the
challenges of using Python's imports:
http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/9/21/python-import-blackbox/
In particular, his main point about "not found" vs. "broken" vs.
"problem with inner import" got me thinking. Would it be a bad idea
to split ImportError into more specific exceptions? I imagine that
cataloguing the different causes of ImportError and how someone might
react to those differently wouldn't be too hard...
-eric
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