Propagate connection failure exceptions up through verify_credentials

diff --git a/tweepy/api.py b/tweepy/api.py
index a5c687a0dcd124c21dcd40d76481d4e4c80ca138..b2304b63ec0e94f227e63f8fa2a2c63bdf6559b5 100644 (file)
--- a/tweepy/api.py
+++ b/tweepy/api.py
@@ -299,8 +299,10 @@ class API(object):
                 payload_type = 'user',
                 require_auth = True
             )(self)
-        except TweepError:
-            return False
+        except TweepError, e:
+            if e.response and e.response.status == 401:
+                return False
+            raise
 
     """ account/rate_limit_status """
     rate_limit_status = bind_api(