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-rw-r--r--Lib/importlib/__init__.py4
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
index aab54a7..6732977 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/__init__.py
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ def import_module(name, package=None):
level = 0
if name.startswith('.'):
if not package:
- raise TypeError("relative imports require the 'package' argument")
+ msg = ("the 'package' argument is required to perform a relative "
+ "import for {!r}")
+ raise TypeError(msg.format(name))
for character in name:
if character != '.':
break
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a9f2b8b..15bee70 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #18598: Tweak exception message for importlib.import_module() to
+ include the module name when a key argument is missing.
+
- Issue #18676: Change 'positive' to 'non-negative' in queue.py put and get
docstrings and ValueError messages. Patch by Zhongyue Luo