[python3-ldap] Feature requests: clearer errors

[Michael Ströder]

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 10:40:25 +0200 python3ldap <python3ldap at gmail.com> wrote
> My problem is that I'm not sure if is better to let the
> socket errors (and other standard exceptions) flow up or trap them and
> re-raise a custom exception in a custom hierarchy. Do you have any
> suggestion? What other people in this list think about this?

At least you should map any LDAP result code to a separate exception attaching
more data returned by the server with the result like response controls.
Otherwise fine-grained error handling is impossible.

For socket errors I'd recommend to not catch them within your module.
Just let the calling application deal with them.

Ciao, Michael.