.. _misplaced-future:

misplaced-future / W0410
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**Message emitted:**

``__future__ import is not the first non docstring statement``

**Description:**

*Python 2.5 and greater require __future__ import to be the first non docstring statement in the module.*

**Problematic code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/m/misplaced-future/bad.py
   :language: python

**Correct code:**

.. literalinclude:: /data/messages/m/misplaced-future/good.py
   :language: python


**Additional details:**

A bare raise statement will re-raise the last active exception in the current scope. If the ``raise`` statement is not in an ``except`` or ``finally`` block, a RuntimeError will be raised instead.



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