[Python-ideas] PEP-3151 pattern-matching

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Thu, 12 May 2011 22:15:07 +0200
Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> But the str() looks correct to me as well (for an exception that doesn't
> derive from EnvironmentError).

It's technically correct, sure. The point is that "technically correct"
translates to "humanly bogus" here, because of the broken I/O
exception hierarchy.

Regards

Antoine.