[Python-Dev] win32 specific exception in the core?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Mark Hammond <mhammond@skippinet.com.au> wrote:
> As part of the registry work, Im toying with the idea of a standard =
"win32
> exception" error in the Python core.
>=20
> The reasons why I think a standard exception would be useful are:
>=20
> * Single body of code that knows how to raise these exceptions.  Eg,
> whenever an extension module needs to report that a Win32 API function
> failed, they can use the core routines to create the exception object =
- just
> like they can with OSError.  This ensures consistency, and saves each
> extension module author from reinventing the wheel.
>=20
> * No confusion about what exception Python programmers should catch.  =
In the
> same way that "OSError" will be thrown any time the C runtime library =
fails,
> the "Win32Error" exception will be thrown whenever a Win32 API =
function
> (called directly) fails.

any reason you can't just throw OSError exceptions?

(after all, Windows is an operating system, right? ;-)

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