Add name attribute to NameError

[sk]

BPO	37797
Nosy	@sk-
PRs	bpo-33159: Add name attribute to NameError #6271

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labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.9']
title = 'Add name attribute to NameError'
updated_at = <Date 2019-08-24.14:34:03.068>
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue37797'
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[sk]

PEP-473 was recently rejected (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2019-March/156692.html) because it was too broad and was suggested to be broken down in smaller issues.

This issue is requesting the addition of the optional attribute name to NameError.

The idea of having a structured attribute is to allow tools to act upon these exceptions. For example you could imagine a test runner which detect typos and suggests the right name to use.

There is a current PR (#6271) adding this functionality, but it may need to be rebased as it has been awaiting a reply since April last year.