WinError
- WinError(code=None, descr=None)
Creates an instance of OSError. If code is not specified, GetLastError() is called to determine the error code. If descr is not specified, FormatError() is called to get a textual description of the error.
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Changed in 3.3
- 3.3: An instance of WindowsError used to be created, which is now an alias of OSError.
1 Example
>>> GetModuleHandle = windll.kernel32.GetModuleHandleA >>> def ValidHandle(value): ... if value == 0: ... raise WinError() ... return value ... >>> >>> GetModuleHandle.restype = ValidHandle >>> GetModuleHandle(None) 486539264 >>> GetModuleHandle("something silly") Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 3, in ValidHandle OSError: [Errno 126] The specified module could not be found. >>>
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