On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:46:34 -0600, Peng Yu wrote: > I see Error is derived from EnvironmentError in shutil.py. > > class Error(EnvironmentError): > pass > > I'm wondering why EnvironmentError can not be raised directly. Why Error > is raised instead?
Probably to do with the personal taste of the author. http://docs.python.org/library/shutil.html#shutil.Error -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
