From 57f3487994b44be15d78834955080e8e6c0bc688 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Giampaolo Rodola' Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:46:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Issue 16646 (ftplib): deliberately use intermediate variable after catching exception --- Lib/ftplib.py | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py index 94237caf214..a0f0f90fd0e 100644 --- a/Lib/ftplib.py +++ b/Lib/ftplib.py @@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ class FTP: try: sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto) sock.bind(sa) - except socket.error as err: + except socket.error as _: + err = _ if sock: sock.close() sock = None