Rmagic: error message when moving an non-existant variable from python to R #2737
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Currently, when you try to push a non-existant python variable to R, you get a
KeyError
Maybe the error message could be more intuitive? The fact that local variables are stored in a dict (thus generating a
KeyError
) is kind-of an implementation detail.In regular python, using an undefined variable name generates a
NameError
-- perhaps that would also be the appropriate error to raise in this case?This PR changes the error to: