[Python-Dev] win32 specific exception in the core?

[Tim Peters]

[Mark Hammond]
> ...
> OK - so lets go with:
>
> WindowsError(OSError):
>   ...

Yes!  Note that you're the joker who brought up CRTError:  I only mentioned
the  *possibility* of refactoring to

    OSError
        CRTError
        WindowsError

to shut you up <wink>.

> If no one complains, I will submit the relevant patches to
> Exception.py along with my win32reg.c (I can leave string-based
> exceptions out, yes?)

Is the -X switch going away?  If so, sure.  If not, you probably can't.  I'd
be delighted if -X went away (the purpose it served has expired).