Bugs item #1251528, was opened at 2005-08-03 21:50 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by rhettinger You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1251528&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: Python 2.3 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Submitted By: Cosmin Nicolaescu (cosminn) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: smtplib and email.py Initial Comment: If the script calling smtplib.SMTP() is called email.py smtplib breaks and compiles email.py as a module. I could not find any mention of this in the documentation, and while this is not a big deal, it should be documented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) Date: 2005-08-11 02:40 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=80475 Thanks Josiah. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Josiah Carlson (josiahcarlson) Date: 2005-08-11 02:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=341410 smtplib imports a portion of the standard library module email . By naming your module 'email', you are masking the standard library 'email' that smtplib is trying to import. This is a common problem among new users of Python. Before naming your modules using an obviously common name, take a peek at the modules that are currently available (a listing is available here: http://docs.python.org/modindex.html ). Future versions of Python may fix such issues, but this is not guaranteed. Suggested close. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1251528&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
