gh-99325: Remove unused `NameError` handling (#99326)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/copyreg.py b/Lib/copyreg.py
index c8a52a2..5783924 100644
--- a/Lib/copyreg.py
+++ b/Lib/copyreg.py
@@ -25,16 +25,10 @@ def constructor(object):
 
 # Example: provide pickling support for complex numbers.
 
-try:
-    complex
-except NameError:
-    pass
-else:
+def pickle_complex(c):
+    return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
 
-    def pickle_complex(c):
-        return complex, (c.real, c.imag)
-
-    pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
+pickle(complex, pickle_complex, complex)
 
 def pickle_union(obj):
     import functools, operator
diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
index a08f247..42100e9 100755
--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
@@ -57,13 +57,9 @@ except ImportError:
     grp = None
 
 # os.symlink on Windows prior to 6.0 raises NotImplementedError
-symlink_exception = (AttributeError, NotImplementedError)
-try:
-    # OSError (winerror=1314) will be raised if the caller does not hold the
-    # SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege privilege
-    symlink_exception += (OSError,)
-except NameError:
-    pass
+# OSError (winerror=1314) will be raised if the caller does not hold the
+# SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege privilege
+symlink_exception = (AttributeError, NotImplementedError, OSError)
 
 # from tarfile import *
 __all__ = ["TarFile", "TarInfo", "is_tarfile", "TarError", "ReadError",