Issue 16646 (ftplib): deliberately use intermediate variable after catching exception

giampaolo · giampaolo · commit b6375a2d91c7 · 2012-12-17T20:46:29.000+01:00
diff --git a/Lib/ftplib.py b/Lib/ftplib.py
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ def makeport(self):
             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
