[New-bugs-announce] [issue10758] posix_access swallows all errors

[Georg Brandl]

New submission from Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>:

access(2) can return errnos that correspond to input errors or general system faults, such as EINVAL, EIO or ENOMEM.  In this case, an exception should be raised instead of returning False.

It is probably best to whitelist those errnos that indicate missing access -- it needs to be discussed whether that is just EACCES, or also e.g. ENOENT.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 124500
nosy: georg.brandl
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: posix_access swallows all errors
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2

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