> Now, I can understand if you don't like the "WindowsError" as that is > obviously platform specific. The try/except pattern however is the way > errors are handled in python and the best and most appropriate way to > deal with it. The above example just shows that at the very least > there isn't a significant difference in code size between the two > methods. > > I don't know what the equivalent error is called in *nix but assume it > is PosixError (it isn't)
The common base class to use here is actually OSError. WindowsError is a subclass thereof. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
