greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz guido van rossum wrote dont think eoferror environmental error quite different level error environmenterror typically means think depends expected eoferrors going caught surrounding code propagating far uncaught eoferror probably means file shorter expected counts environmental error way thinking current coding style involves wrapping except environmenterror around major operation reporting file could readwrittenwhatever kind message eoferror get missed would nuisance greg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 031328 1200 pythondev thoughts eoferror inherit environmenterror