[Baypiggies] Crossplatform exceptions.WindowsError help

[Shannon -jj Behrens]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Paul McNett <p at ulmcnett.com> wrote:
> Aahz wrote:
>  > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008, Paul McNett wrote:
>  >> Hi,
>  >>
>  >> This code must run cross-platform:
>  >>
>  >> try:
>  >>    ..
>  >> except WindowsError:
>  >>    ..
>  >>
>  >> However, the WindowsError exception is only defined on Windows, not on
>  >> Linux or Mac. How do I keep a spurious NameError from happening on the
>  >> other platforms while still keeping the code clean (free from
>  >> os-specific code blocks)?
>  >
>  > try:
>  >     WindowsError
>  > except:
>  >     class WindowsError: pass
>
>  Okay, I guess that isn't so bad after all, now that I see it in blue on
>  white. Thanks!

You might want to subclass WindowsError from Exception or whatever
else it actually subclasses on Windows.

-jj

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