[Python-Dev] Documentation strategy for PEP 3151

[Benjamin Peterson]

2011/10/12 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'd like some advice on what the best path is in cases such as:
>
>   A :exc:`socket.error` is raised for errors from the call
>   to :func:`inet_ntop`.
>
> Should I replace "socket.error" with "OSError" (knowing that the
> former is now an alias of the latter), or leave "socket.error" so that
> people have less surprises when running their code with a previous
> Python version?

I think you should say OSError but leave a historical note with a
versionchanged on it.



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Regards,
Benjamin