Re: [Python-Dev] Symbolic errno values in error messages

Yannick Gingras <ygingras <at> ygingras.net> writes: ..

1) Should OSError.__str__() print the symbolic name of errno?

+1 for the change

2) Where can I find the symbolic name in C?

Use standard C library char* strerror(int errnum) function. You can see an example usage in Modules/posixmodule.c (posix_strerror).