Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'exception,': 0.07; '(it': 0.09; 'exception:': 0.09; 'parsing': 0.09; 'exception': 0.12; 'am,': 0.13; 'received:209.85.214.174': 0.13; 'received:mail- iw0-f174.google.com': 0.13; 'wrote:': 0.15; 'documented.': 0.16; 'rachel': 0.16; 'subject:Trying': 0.16; 'def': 0.16; 'pointed': 0.22; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'windows': 0.27; "i'm": 0.27; 'received:209.85.214': 0.28; "didn't": 0.29; 'skip:( 20': 0.30; 'thanks': 0.30; 'message-id:@gmail.com': 0.32; 'error': 0.33; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.34; 'instead': 0.34; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.34; 'integer': 0.35; 'surprised': 0.35; 'trigger': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.37; 'but': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.38; 'another': 0.38; 'received:192': 0.38; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'received:192.168.1': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'would': 0.40; 'or,': 0.40 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lMMS5ky9Wpr6yIjIeoqzAPr55g23Yq71YYU5E7vfN7c=; b=vT1Tl1SqsJQMsUHGl7NxX/Timkk76EQ2UuWH+pp1/9zJwDhQL9CnNP3B0c23mCeZAj 2LSw4YLCxE1wrOr8mqL0146pbuRYLSFf2EhdRpICHVYdhxK/M3N4niO18A+OERYPd+up ee3eTLWEFqP7EcWOWv7B5YHjagYbXsYBC9S14= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Yh7e6ncb+gTiY+0sYScgo4nDJE6ayEgANLWf35tgp37rmYxiRdDm8kNuqPHIwEFDN5 HjH/1atfK20ws7ryZ/dMhFY5Zp90HIi8cZpZY80yQw6Iz/lV84g6LfOc9nknK8oxtkZQ nVzdlbNzrpk5xvdN6koPt2Iz3kTHuNmbdiJoE= Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:09:04 -0500 From: Andrew Berg User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 ThunderBrowse/3.3.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "comp.lang.python" Subject: Re: Trying to chain processes together on a pipeline References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1309248563 news6.xs4all.nl 4352 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52326 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:8528 On 2011.06.28 02:44 AM, Thomas Rachel wrote: > The way you work with the exception is not the very best - instead of > parsing the stringified exception, you better would trigger on > exc.winerror (it is an integer with the error number). > > Or, even better, just pas the error information contained in the exception: > > def handle_winerr(exc): > logger.critical('Could not execute %s: %s' % > (queue[position].sox_exe, exc.strerror)) I didn't see winerror and strerror in the docs before, but another look and they are indeed documented. I brought up Windows error codes before, and I'm surprised no one pointed this out. Thanks for that.