Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net>: > input() quite naturally can raise an IOError. For example: > > import os, socket > s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX) > s.bind("xyz") > os.dup2(s.fileno(), 0); print(input()) > > results in an IOError (EINVAL, to be exact).
Even simpler: >>> import os >>> os.close(0); input() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> IOError: [Errno 9] Bad file descriptor Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list