On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 08:16:52 -0800, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Really? I do this kind of thing all the time: > > > > import os > > import errno > > try: > > os.makedirs(dn) > > except OSError, e: > > if e.errno <> errno.EEXIST: > > raise > > You have a lot more faith in the errno module than I do. Are you sure > the same error codes work on all platforms where Python works? It's > also not exactly readable (except for old Unix hacks).
Agreed. In general, I often wish in production code (especially in not-100% Python systems) that Python did a better job of at the very least documenting what kinds of exceptions were raised by what function calls. Otherwise you end up with what are effectively blanket try/except statements way too often for my taste. --da _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
