I agree with this. These small changes can save hundreds of people an hour each. In the long run, it pays off.
On Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 4:31:08 PM UTC-4, Marcus Harnisch wrote: > > Hi all > > When trying to import lzma on one of my machines, I was suprised to get > a normal import error like for any other module. According to the docs > lzma has been part of stdlib since 3.3. Further digging revealed that > the error is due to the fact that xz wasn't compiled in when building > Python. Since I suspect that there are other optional stdlib modules, > this made me think whether the message in those cases should look a > little more polished. Perhaps installing a stub module that prints some > informative text before raising the relevant exception or similar. > Also, maybe add a little note in the docs, stating that despite being > part of stdlib this module might not be available on all systems. > > Thanks, > Marcus > > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list > python...@python.org <javascript:> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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