[issue18525] Shutil cannot import WindowsError on windows

[Saurabh Gupta]

Saurabh Gupta added the comment:

I have a legacy software that has things like:

    try:
        some stuff
    except OSError, why:
        if WindowsError is not None and isinstance(why, WindowsError):
            do something
        else:
            do something else

So I'd ideally like to able to run this software unchanged on Windows systems too. It would be best for me if I could import WindowsError on windows.

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