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repr() of ImportError misses keyword arguments name and path #74185
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assignee = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2017-04-05.22:29:11.771>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.7']
title = 'repr() of ImportError misses keyword arguments name and path'
updated_at = <Date 2019-01-30.16:00:33.577>
user = 'https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka'bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2019-01-30.16:00:33.577>
actor = 'remi.lapeyre'
assignee = 'serhiy.storchaka'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2017-04-05.22:29:11.771>
creator = 'serhiy.storchaka'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 29999
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 5.0
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nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['brett.cannon', 'ncoghlan', 'eric.snow', 'berker.peksag', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'remi.lapeyre']
pr_nums = ['1011', '11580']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue29999'
versions = ['Python 3.7']
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serhiy-storchaka commentedon Apr 5, 2017
The repr of standard exceptions usually looks as exception constructor used for creating that exception. But the repr of ImportError misses keyword arguments name and path.
Proposed patch make the repr of ImportError containing keyword arguments.
I don't know how to classify this issue and whether the patch should be backported.
brettcannon commentedon Apr 6, 2017
I consider it an enhancement, especially if someone was sloppy with their tests and explicitly checks the repr of ImportError.
serhiy-storchaka commentedon Apr 13, 2017
The patch also changes the repr of BaseException with a single argument. It no longer contains a trailing comma.
berkerpeksag commentedon Apr 24, 2017
Including 'path' may make the repr less readable in some cases. +1 for 'name', though.
remilapeyre commentedon Jan 30, 2019
I think the issue steems from the more general bpo-27015 for which a PR is ready that fixes the repr not only for ImportError but all other BaseException subclasses that override __init__.
iritkatriel commentedon Oct 29, 2022
The PRs need to be updated. Marking as easy.
furkanonder commentedon Mar 4, 2023
@iritkatriel PR updated by @arhadthedev I think PR is ready to merge.
ynir3 commentedon Jul 20, 2025
trying to revive this issue by building on the previous PRs #136770
gh-74185: repr() of ImportError now contains attributes name and path (…
vstinner commentedon Aug 14, 2025
Implemented by c87b66b.
pythongh-74185: repr() of ImportError now contains attributes name an…