Bug #1550983: emit better error messages for erroneous relative

imports (if not in package and if beyond toplevel package).

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a010b0a22d1cc426a82ea75fe437b2ef959b846d..a599dbd3e6a4c0ca431d14ba6c05c5a66123b56d 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 1?
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Bug #1550983: emit better error messages for erroneous relative
+  imports (if not in package and if beyond toplevel package).
+
 - Overflow checking code in integer division ran afoul of new gcc
   optimizations.  Changed to be more standard-conforming.
 

diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index a0c5055142bce0c2da8d855cd002533d895307d0..5af365187ec5fc8ee6d4db9005a1036e64da9dee 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ get_parent(PyObject *globals, char *buf, Py_ssize_t *p_buflen, int level)
                size_t len;
                if (lastdot == NULL && level > 0) {
                        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                                       "Relative importpath too deep");
+                               "Attempted relative import in non-package");
                        return NULL;
                }
                if (lastdot == NULL)
@@ -2133,7 +2133,8 @@ get_parent(PyObject *globals, char *buf, Py_ssize_t *p_buflen, int level)
                char *dot = strrchr(buf, '.');
                if (dot == NULL) {
                        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                                       "Relative importpath too deep");
+                               "Attempted relative import beyond "
+                               "toplevel package");
                        return NULL;
                }
                *dot = '\0';