The point is that it's not an error. In Andre Malo's use case, at least, EOFError is used as a control flow exception, not as an error.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > On 06/27/2016 02:54 PM, Greg Ewing wrote: >> >> Nikolaus Rath wrote: >>> >>> I think EOFError conveys more information. UnpicklingError can mean a >>> lot of things, EOFError tells you the precise problem: pickle expected >>> more data, but there was nothing left. >> >> >> I think EOFError should be used for EOF between pickles, >> but UnpicklingError should be used for EOF in the middle of >> a pickle. The former is not necessarily an error, but the >> latter definitely is. > > > Why is hitting the end of a file between pickles an error? > > -- > ~Ethan~ > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/guido%40python.org -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
