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From: Chris Kaynor <ckaynor@zindagigames.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:24:03 -0800
Subject: Re: suppressing import errors
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As with any Python code, you can wrap the import into a try: except block.

try:
 import badModule
except:
 pass # Or otherwise handle the exception - possibly importing an
alternative module.

As with any except statement, specific exceptions may be caught
(rather than the blank, catch everything).

Chris

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Andreea Babiuc <babiucandreea@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to suppress all the errors when importing a module in python?
>
> By that I mean.. If I have other imports in the module I'm trying to import
> that fail, I still want my module to be imported that way..
>
> Many thanks.
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