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Missing something on exception handling in Python 3

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I have code in the pylockfile package that looks roughly like this
(apologies for the indentation - I'm growing to dislike Gmail for
typing code fragments):

try:
    write_pid_to_lockfile(somefile)
except OSError as exc:
    if conditions_i_can_handle:
       do_other_stuff...
    else:
        raise LockFailed("Failed to create %s" % self.path)

Thinking I would just get the final exception (not the one I caught
originally), I was surprised to see this output on my screen:

>>> lock.acquire()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "lockfile/pidlockfile.py", line 80, in acquire
    write_pid_to_pidfile(self.path)
  File "lockfile/pidlockfile.py", line 163, in write_pid_to_pidfile
    pidfile_fd = os.open(pidfile_path, open_flags, open_mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/skip/lock'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "lockfile/pidlockfile.py", line 94, in acquire
    raise LockFailed("failed to create %s" % self.path)
lockfile.LockFailed: failed to create /tmp/skip/lock

When I rung the same code with Python 2.7, I get the exception output
I anticipate:

>>> lock.acquire()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "lockfile/pidlockfile.py", line 94, in acquire
    raise LockFailed("failed to create %s" % self.path)
LockFailed: failed to create /tmp/skip/lock

It appears exception handling changed in Python 3.  How do I suppress
the lower level OSError?

Thx,

Skip

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Missing something on exception handling in Python 3 Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-26 20:48 -0500

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