[Python-Dev] Symbolic errno values in error messages

[Alexander Belopolsky]

Yannick Gingras <ygingras <at> ygingras.net> writes:
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> 1) Should OSError.__str__() print the symbolic name of errno?
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+1 for the change

> 2) Where can I find the symbolic name in C?

Use standard C library char* strerror(int errnum) function.   You can see
an example usage in Modules/posixmodule.c (posix_strerror).