Summary
The fix for raw-string-in-exception (EM101) can change the program’s behavior when a variable named msg is already in scope. The function fresh_binding_name added in #24316 may help.
Example of rebinding:
$ cat >em101_1.py <<'# EOF'
def f():
msg = "."
try:
raise RuntimeError("!")
except RuntimeError:
return msg
print(f())
# EOF
$ python em101_1.py
.
$ ruff --isolated check em101_1.py --select EM101 --unsafe-fixes --fix
Found 1 error (1 fixed, 0 remaining).
$ cat em101_1.py
def f():
msg = "."
try:
msg = "!"
raise RuntimeError(msg)
except RuntimeError:
return msg
print(f())
$ python em101_1.py
!Example of shadowing:
$ cat >em101_2.py <<'# EOF'
msg = "."
def f():
try:
raise RuntimeError("!")
except RuntimeError:
return msg
print(f())
# EOF
$ python em101_2.py
.
$ ruff --isolated check em101_2.py --select EM101 --unsafe-fixes --fix
Found 1 error (1 fixed, 0 remaining).
$ cat em101_2.py
msg = "."
def f():
try:
msg = "!"
raise RuntimeError(msg)
except RuntimeError:
return msg
print(f())
$ python em101_2.py
!Version
ruff 0.15.8 (c2a8815 2026-03-26)
Summary
The fix for
raw-string-in-exception(EM101) can change the program’s behavior when a variable namedmsgis already in scope. The functionfresh_binding_nameadded in #24316 may help.Example of rebinding:
Example of shadowing:
Version
ruff 0.15.8 (c2a8815 2026-03-26)