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authorPablo Galindo Salgado <Pablogsal@gmail.com>2022-11-01 13:01:20 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2022-11-01 13:01:20 (GMT)
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gh-98931: Improve error message when the user types 'import x from y' instead of 'from y import x' (#98932)
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@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ Important deprecations, removals or restrictions:
* :pep:`623`, Remove wstr from Unicode
+Improved Error Messages
+=======================
+
+* Improve the :exc:`SyntaxError` error message when the user types ``import x
+ from y`` instead of ``from y import x``. Contributed by Pablo Galindo in :gh:`98931`.
+
+ >>> import a.y.z from b.y.z
+ Traceback (most recent call last):
+ File "<stdin>", line 1
+ import a.y.z from b.y.z
+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ SyntaxError: Did you mean to use 'from ... import ...' instead?
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