On May 6, 11:23 am, Rob Williscroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wrote innews:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > comp.lang.python: > > > Hi, > > > I am hitting this error consistently and don't know why it's > > happening. I would like to define all exceptions for my project in one > > file and use them across the project. Here's a sample - > > > exceptions.py - > > from exceptions import * > > raise MyException("Raise custom error") > > > When the above is run, I get the following error - > > NameError: global name 'MyException' is not defined > > When you get this kind of error, goto a python prompt > (type python at a command prompt, or click on IDLE) > and try this: > > >>> import exceptions > >>> help( exceptions ) > > I got this response (clipped): > > Help on built-in module exceptions: > > NAME > exceptions - Python's standard exception class hierarchy. > > Another common module name to avoid is "test". > > Rob. > --http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/
Doh! Thanks for correcting my error Rob. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
