guido van rossum hoaufpythonorg offhand 0 dont think eoferror environmental error primary purpose something raised raw_input 30 input input quite different level error environmenterror typically means problem filesystem network permissions thing sat apr 12 2008 301 pm gregory p smith wrote httpbugspythonorgissue1481036 basically things eoferror often wants handled io errors environmenterror currently covers many uses eoferror code base provide arguments doesnt really fit errno message filename tuple style environmenterror promises could fudge reasonable default whats reasonable rerooted environmenterror alternatively bug suggests new parent exception environmenterror eoferror inherit last time changing heirarchy around came pushback adding yet another exception type im thinking simple rerooting may best answer anything done thoughts gps _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevguido40pythonorg guido van rossum home page httpwwwpythonorgguido _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 075214 0700 pythondev thoughts eoferror inherit environmenterror