[Python-Dev] UserString

[Guido van Rossum]

> Really?  I do this kind of thing all the time:
> 
> import os
> import errno
> try:
>     os.makedirs(dn)
> except OSError, e:
>     if e.errno <> errno.EEXIST:
>         raise

You have a lot more faith in the errno module than I do. Are you sure
the same error codes work on all platforms where Python works? It's
also not exactly readable (except for old Unix hacks).

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