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On 27/05/2013 07:11, Cameron Simpson wrote:
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> BTW, I recommend importing "errno" and using symbolic names. It makes things much more readable, and accomodates the situation where the symbols map to different numbers on different platforms. And have a catch-all. For example:
>
> Cheers,
>

This should make life easier for us 
http://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.3.html#pep-3151-reworking-the-os-and-io-exception-hierarchy

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