Tommytrojan wrote: > import string > import os > > class T: > def __init__(self): > try: > print 'xxx nothing to do' > except ImportError: > print 'got an import error' > import os as string > > print 'xxxx string module', string > > t=T() > > > The import clause in the except statement (although never executed) > removes the reference to the string module imported at the beginning of > the script. Any idea why this is the case?
Quoting the error message would have made the answer instantly clear to everyone, including probably yourself: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'string' referenced before assignment Assigning to the variable 'string' anywhere in the function makes it a local variable throughout the function. Use 'global string' if you want the import to affect the global variable. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
