[issue32731] getpass.getuser() raises an unspecified exceptions (ImportError, OSError, etc)

Fangyi Zhou report at bugs.python.org
Mon Feb 12 15:56:22 EST 2018


Fangyi Zhou <fangyi.zhou at yuriko.moe> added the comment:

Hi. I've updated the docs.

I'm wondering if the code needs to be patched as well. Essentially we should raise a unified Exception for unable to get the username I suppose?

Please let me know if you have any comments/suggestions on wording. Thanks.

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