New submission from Christopher Egner <cbeg...@gmail.com>: http://docs.python.org/library/socket.html#socket.error "Changed in version 2.6: socket.error is now a child class of IOError."
However, this is not the case. $ python Python 2.7.2 (default, Aug 18 2011, 18:26:35) [GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-50)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import socket >>> isinstance( socket.error, IOError ) False Catching IOError in except blocks does not catch socket.error, as one might expect according to the documentation. ---------- components: IO messages: 144467 nosy: Christopher.Egner priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: [Regression] socket.error does not inherit from IOError as documented type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13037> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
