On 02.05.2011 12:06, Victor Stinner wrote: > Hi, > > I introduced recently the signal.pthread_sigmask() function (issue #8407). > pthread_sigmask() (the C function) returns an error code using errno codes. I > choosed to raise a RuntimeError using this error code, but I am not sure that > RuntimeError is the best choice. It is more an OS error than a runtime error: > should signal.pthread_sigmask() raise an OSError instead? > > signal.signal() raises a RuntimeError if setting the signal handler failed. > signal.siginterrupt() raises also a RuntimeError on error. > > signal.setitimer() and signal.getitimer() have their own exception class: > signal.ItimerError, raised on setimer() and getitimer() error.
If it has an errno, it should be a subclass of EnvironmentError. Georg _______________________________________________ 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
