[Patches] [ python-Patches-1605192 ] Make Imap Error more helpful

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Patches item #1605192, was opened at 2006-11-29 05:52
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Thomas Guettler (guettli)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Make Imap Error more helpful

Initial Comment:
Hi,

In my app I got this error:

 imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH.

but I did successfully login. After reading the source
of imaplib.py I realized that this was meant:

imaplib.error: command SEARCH illegal in state AUTH. Allowed after: SELECTED

Attached is a small patch to make the error message
more helpful.

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Comment By: Mark Roberts (mark-roberts)
Date: 2006-12-27 11:52

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The patch looks great (Not as though I have a lot of say to say so..), but
it seems incongruous that you say "allowed after" when it might seem more
explicit to say "Allowed in states", like so:
    "Allowed in states: %s" % (", ".join(Commands[command])

Otherwise, I'm all for more explicit error messages!

- Mark

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