Issue 32586: urllib2 HOWTO URLError example minor error (original) (raw)

In the HOWTO for urllib2 for Python 2, in the Handling Exceptions section, it discusses the URLError exception being raised by urlopen() (https://docs.python.org/2/howto/urllib2.html#urlerror). The code snippet example for this has (I think) a minor error: the 3rd line reads: "except URLError as e:" which I think should be: "except urllib2.URLError as e:"

The code as given only works if urllib2 had been imported via: "from urllib2 import *" The snippet doesn't list the import statements but all the other examples just use "import urllib2" (and obviously "from x import *" is bad practice anyway and wouldn't be encouraged or expected).

I am relatively new to Python, so it's possible it is correct and I just implemented it incorrectly. But if not, it would be helpful to correct it (even though it's a very minor error) so that other newbies like me don't come unstuck when using the tutorial.