Michael Foord wrote:
Well, the file type knows what mode it is opened in so catching these errors is really not difficult at all.
Yes, in this particular case it could do some checking of its own before making the system call. But this still has nothing to do with the exception hierarchy. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
