[ python-Bugs-1576174 ] str(WindowsError) wrong

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Bugs item #1576174, was opened at 2006-10-12 22:12
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Category: None
Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Thomas Heller (theller)
>Assigned to: Thomas Heller (theller)
Summary: str(WindowsError) wrong

Initial Comment:
str(WindowsError(1001, 'a message') in Python 2.5 gives
'[Error 22] a message'.

The attached patch with test fixes this.

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>Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-10-21 11:53

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The patch is fine, please apply (along with a NEWS entry,
for both 2.5 and the trunk).

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Comment By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Date: 2006-10-13 20:17

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Uploaded a new patch which I actually tested under Linux also.

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Comment By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Date: 2006-10-13 20:17

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My bad.  I didn't test on Linux.


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Comment By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Date: 2006-10-12 23:53

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The part of the patch that changes EnvironmentError_str
should be removed (EnvironmentError doesn't have a winerror
member, the change causes compilation errors).  Otherwise
the patch looks fine.

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Comment By: Thomas Heller (theller)
Date: 2006-10-12 22:13

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See also:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-September/068869.html

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