Why not make a subclass of FileDoesNotExist, DirectoryDoesNotExist - it is almost the same, but more specific.
Good exceptions are really important. > On 26 Apr 2016, at 11:44, Cyril Ferlicot Delbecque <cyril.ferli...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On 26/04/2016 11:31, Valentin Ryckewaert wrote: >> I used this because here it's the folder which doesn't exist so I didn't >> know if FileDoesNotExist were a good idea, here it's as you want. >> > > In Unix (at least) a directory is a file. I don't know if it's the same > in Windows. So in my opinion it's a good idea to raise a > "FileDoesNotExist". > > -- > Cyril Ferlicot > > http://www.synectique.eu > > 165 Avenue Bretagne > Lille 59000 France >