[Python-Dev] Iterating a closed StringIO

[Walter Dörwald]

Am 18.11.2005 um 02:16 schrieb Guido van Rossum:

> On 11/17/05, Walter Dörwald <walter at livinglogic.de> wrote:
>> Am 17.11.2005 um 22:03 schrieb Guido van Rossum:
>>
>>> On 11/17/05, Walter Dörwald <walter at livinglogic.de> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>> Should they raise the same exception? Should this be fixed for 2.5?
>>>
>>> I think cStringIO is doing the right thing; "real" files behave the
>>> same way.
>>>
>>> Submit a patch for StringIO (also docs please) and assign it to  
>>> me and
>>> I'll make sure it goes in.
>>
>> http://www.python.org/sf/1359365
>
> Thanks!
>
>> Doc/lib/libstringio.tex only states "See the description of file
>> objects for operations", so I'm not sure how to update the
>> documentation.
>
> OK, so that's a no-op.
>
> I hope there isn't anyone here who believes this patch would be a  
> bad idea?

I wonder whether we should introduce a new exception class for these  
kinds or error. IMHO ValueError is much to unspecific.

What about StateError?

Bye,
    Walter Dörwald