From 867344d0d72cfe79bb5ff316b065621f12627f40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Maissy <brian.maissy@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2018 00:03:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] move import to top

---
 _pytest/debugging.py  | 18 +++++++-----------
 changelog/1810.bugfix |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_pytest/debugging.py b/_pytest/debugging.py
index e458406b5..bd7a33b2d 100644
--- a/_pytest/debugging.py
+++ b/_pytest/debugging.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 import pdb
 import sys
+from doctest import UnexpectedException
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
@@ -95,17 +96,12 @@ def _enter_pdb(node, excinfo, rep):
 
 
 def _postmortem_traceback(excinfo):
-    try:
-        from doctest import UnexpectedException
-        if isinstance(excinfo.value, UnexpectedException):
-            # A doctest.UnexpectedException is not useful for post_mortem.
-            # Use the underlying exception instead:
-            return excinfo.value.exc_info[2]
-    except ImportError:
-        # If we fail to import, continue quietly (if we ran out of file descriptors, for example: #1810)
-        pass
-
-    return excinfo._excinfo[2]
+    if isinstance(excinfo.value, UnexpectedException):
+        # A doctest.UnexpectedException is not useful for post_mortem.
+        # Use the underlying exception instead:
+        return excinfo.value.exc_info[2]
+    else:
+        return excinfo._excinfo[2]
 
 
 def _find_last_non_hidden_frame(stack):
diff --git a/changelog/1810.bugfix b/changelog/1810.bugfix
index 6e9389671..5c3000d05 100644
--- a/changelog/1810.bugfix
+++ b/changelog/1810.bugfix
@@ -1 +1 @@
-If we fail to import doctest.UnexpectedException during postmortem, fail quietly and continue.
\ No newline at end of file
+Move import of doctest.UnexpectedException to top-level.
\ No newline at end of file