[Python-Dev] urllib exception compatibility (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Fri Sep 28 22:27:38 CEST 2007

On 9/28/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

Greg Ewing writes: > Gregory P. Smith wrote: > > Is IOError is the right name to use? OSError is raised for things that > > are not IO such as subprocess, dlopen, system. > > The trouble with either of these is that the class > of errors we're talking about don't necessarily come > directly from the OS or I/O library.

Agree, but I think this is a case where practicality beats purity. +1 for OSerror.

The OS is a somewhat troublesome abstraction boundary. I/O is a more general concept (and PPBP). +1 for IOError.

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