I'd be happy to make them all IOError. 2to3 can clean this up. On 9/27/07, Graham Horler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27 Sep 2007, 21:23:58, Brett Cannon wrote: > > Should OSError and IOError become aliases to EnvironmentError? I > > assume WindowsError and VMSError will just directly subclass which > > ever exception sticks around. > > > > And should we bother with a PendingDeprecationWarning for IOError or > > OSError? Or just have a Py3K warning for them and not worry about > > their removal in the 2.x series and just let 2to3 handle the > > transition? > > Am I missing something, as I thought Py2K was supposed to throw backwards > compatability to the wind in favor of doing the "Right Thing"? > > If so, can't we lose the proposed OSError and IOError aliases altogether, > and just keep EnvironmentError? > > Perhaps "EnvironmentError" is a bit long to type in all the places OSError > and IOError are used, I personally like the look of OSError and IOError better > in my code. I vote for a shorter name for EnvironmentError, e.g. EMError. > > just my 2c, Graham > > > > > -Brett > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/graham.horler%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org >
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