[Python-Dev] urllib exception compatibility

[Guido van Rossum]

On 9/28/07, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
> On 9/28/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> What is PPBP?

Typo for PBP : Practicality Beats Purity. :)

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