[Python-Dev] urllib exception compatibility

[Guido van Rossum]

On 9/28/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:
> Greg Ewing writes:
>  > Gregory P. Smith wrote:
>  > > Is IOError is the right name to use?  OSError is raised for things that
>  > > are not IO such as subprocess, dlopen, system.
>  >
>  > The trouble with either of these is that the class
>  > of errors we're talking about don't necessarily come
>  > directly from the OS or I/O library.
>
> Agree, but I think this is a case where practicality beats purity.
>
> +1 for OSerror.

The OS is a somewhat troublesome abstraction boundary. I/O is a more
general concept (and PPBP). +1 for IOError.

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