Patch to print symbolic value of errno in OSError.str()

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#47,169 opened on May 19, 2008 13 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: python
Domain: operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing symbolic-errno.diff patches and the OSError.str implementation, then inspect linked PR gh-150041 for current work. Done means OSError.str() prints the symbolic errno value as requested, with behavior aligned with the existing patch discussion.

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Description

3.13 interpreter-core type-feature

BPO	2920
Nosy	@amauryfa, @abalkin, @pitrou, @avassalotti, @ambv, @eryksun, @ZackerySpytz
PRs	python/cpython#14988
Files	python-26-sympolic-errno.diff: patch for symbolic errno symbolic-errno.diff

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2008-05-19.20:14:34.567>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-feature', '3.10']
title = 'Patch to print symbolic value of errno in OSError.__str__()'
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-22.19:43:06.919>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ygingras'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-03-22.19:43:06.919>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2008-05-19.20:14:34.567>
creator = 'ygingras'
dependencies = []
files = ['10377', '10378']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 2920
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 11.0
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nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['amaury.forgeotdarc', 'belopolsky', 'pitrou', 'alexandre.vassalotti', 'ygingras', 'lukasz.langa', 'eryksun', 'ZackerySpytz']
pr_nums = ['14988']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue2920'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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gh-150041

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