List of WindowsError error codes and meanings

[Genstein]

> Andrew Berg<bahamutzero8825 at gmail.com>  writes:
> Since Python 2.5, the errno attribute maps the Windows error to error
> codes that match the attributes of module errno.

Good point, I completely misread that. At least the Windows error code 
is still available as the winerror attribute.

As an aside - call me stupid, but I don't quite follow the purpose of 
that errno mapping. Surely if the error number can be mapped 
successfully then the error isn't Windows specific and an OSError should 
logically be thrown instead? And if it can't be mapped successfully then 
errno will never be valid so the mapping is pointless?

I guess if the mapping is imprecise then it makes some sense as errno is 
a convenience to avoid people having to grasp the meaning of the many 
and various winerror.h values. So perhaps I've answered my own question.