Tim Golden added the comment:
Really this should be a wont-fix: the fact that it's possible to import
WindowsError from shutil (on Linux) is an accident of its internal
implementation. It's certainly not documented as such.
Saurabh: WindowsError is a builtin on Windows. If you want to mimic shutil
which uses it as a proxy for determining the platform, you can put a
conditional import at the head of your own code:
try:
WindowsError
except NameError:
WindowsError = None
Don't bother trying to import it from shutil where it's an implementation
artefact.
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nosy: +tim.golden
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