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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index b6daa6d..fb28d67 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -75,6 +75,27 @@ Important deprecations, removals or restrictions: Improved Error Messages ======================= +* Improve the error suggestion for :exc:`NameError` exceptions for instances. + Now if a :exc:`NameError` is raised in a method and the instance has an + attribute that's exactly equal to the name in the exception, the suggestion + will include ``self.<NAME>`` instead of the closest match in the method + scope. Contributed by Pablo Galindo in :gh:`99139`. + + >>> class A: + ... def __init__(self): + ... self.blech = 1 + ... + ... def foo(self): + ... somethin = blech + + >>> A().foo() + Traceback (most recent call last): + File "<stdin>", line 1 + somethin = blech + ^^^^^ + NameError: name 'blech' is not defined. Did you mean: 'self.blech'? + + * 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`. |