New submission from skreft <skr...@gmail.com>:
PEP 473 was recently rejected (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2019-March/156692.html) because it was too broad and was suggested to be broken down in smaller issues. This issue is requesting the addition of the optional attribute `name` to `NameError`. The idea of having a structured attribute is to allow tools to act upon these exceptions. For example you could imagine a test runner which detect typos and suggests the right name to use. There is a current PR (https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/6271) adding this functionality, but it may need to be rebased as it has been awaiting a reply since April last year. ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 349270 nosy: skreft priority: normal pull_requests: 14921 severity: normal status: open title: Add name attribute to NameError type: enhancement versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37797> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
