[Python-Dev] IO module precisions and exception hierarchy (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Sun Sep 27 22:41:17 CEST 2009


Antoine Pitrou wrote:

This deserves its own PEP IMO, although I'm not sure it would be accepted (ISTR the idea of a detailed IO exception hierarchy was already refused in the past).

Not as such - a big exception hierarchy rewrite was rejected, but nothing specifically limited to the IO exceptions.

Michael's response cut to the heart of the issue though - a richer IO exception hierarchy can make life interesting for compatibility purposes (especially when creating "file-like" interfaces to non-file objects).

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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