On 6/5/17, Chris Barker <chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 3:55 AM, Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> A minimum change would be to add the (empty string) at the end of >> sys.path >> in Python 3.7 rather than adding it at the start. >> >> It would increase Python usability since it avoids the "random has no >> randint() function" caused by a random.py file in the script directory. >> In >> my experience, this bug hits every developers starting to learn Python >> and >> it can be very strange when you get the error when trying to run IDLE. >> > > But it would add the "why won't python import my file?!??!" problem, which > newbies also struggle with. > > Which leaves me with no suggestion for a solution...
Maybe help() could check sys.last_value and get some hints? _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
