[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-823672 ] os.strerror doesn't understand windows error codes

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Bugs item #823672, was opened at 2003-10-14 22:04
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Category: None
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: os.strerror doesn't understand windows error codes

Initial Comment:
For example, os.strerror(errno.EWOULDBLOCK) returns
'unknown error'.

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2003-10-24 22:15

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Why is this a bug in Python? os.strerror just calls the
system's strerror(3). If that doesn't know its own errors,
how should Python know?

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