On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 09:17, Antoine Pitrou <solip...@pitrou.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like some advice on what the best path is in cases such as: > > A :exc:`socket.error` is raised for errors from the call > to :func:`inet_ntop`. > > Should I replace "socket.error" with "OSError" (knowing that the > former is now an alias of the latter), or leave "socket.error" so that > people have less surprises when running their code with a previous > Python version?
I would expect the 3.3 documentation shows the best way to write 3.3 code, so I'd prefer to see OSError there. A good "What's New" entry as well as explanation/example of how the hierarchy has changed in library/exceptions.rst should cover anyone questioning the departure from socket.error. _______________________________________________ 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