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gh-143811: Add helpful default error messages to AttributeError and NameError
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wrong_name = getattr(exc_value, "name", None)
if wrong_name is not None and wrong_name in sys.stdlib_module_names:
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Out of scope, within the same function: wrong_name = ... and wrong_name is not None and could be removed here.
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Co-authored-by: Aaron Wieczorek <aaronw@fastmail.com>
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AttributeErrorin__getattr__shows a garbled message with attribute suggestions #143811CC @a12k for review