Re: [Jython-users] Exception handling

[Alan K. <jyt...@xh...>]

[Greg]
 >>>>> try:
 >>...     x = socket.gethostbyname("por-wq-moore")
 >>...     print 'host ip addr: ', x
 >>... except gaierror, ge:
 >>...     print 'something exceptional happened'
 >>...     print ge
 >>
 >>And got an unexpected:
 >>
 >>Traceback (innermost last):
 >>  File "<console>", line 2, in ?
 >>NameError: gaierror

[Pekka]
 > You probably should say "from socket import gaierror" before
 > your try/except.

Or, more simply, properly scope the exception as socket.gaierror, like so

try:
     x = socket.gethostbyname("por-wq-moore")
     print 'host ip addr: ', x
except socket.gaierror, ge:
     print 'something exceptional happened'
     print ge

Regards,

Alan.