In article <mailman.656.1258577952.2873.python-l...@python.org>, <exar...@twistedmatrix.com> wrote: >On 07:53 pm, a...@pythoncraft.com wrote: >>In article <mailman.599.1258510702.2873.python-l...@python.org>, >>Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>It's not clear to me whether WindowsError is available on linux or >>>not, after I read the document. >> >>Here's what I told a co-worker to do yesterday: >> >>if os.name =3D=3D 'nt': >> DiskError =3D (OSError, WindowsError) >>else: >> DiskError =3D WindowsError >> >>try: >> disk_operation() >>except DiskError: >> logit() > >This isn't necessary. WindowsError subclasses OSError.
Thanks! Much appreciated! (I haven't done much Windows programming in the past -- and would have preferred to keep it that way. ;-) -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
