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Author	georg.brandl
Recipients	georg.brandl
Date	2010-12-22.12:45:08
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access(2) can return errnos that correspond to input errors or general system faults, such as EINVAL, EIO or ENOMEM. In this case, an exception should be raised instead of returning False. It is probably best to whitelist those errnos that indicate missing access -- it needs to be discussed whether that is just EACCES, or also e.g. ENOENT.

access(2) can return errnos that correspond to input errors or general system faults, such as EINVAL, EIO or ENOMEM.  In this case, an exception should be raised instead of returning False.

It is probably best to whitelist those errnos that indicate missing access -- it needs to be discussed whether that is just EACCES, or also e.g. ENOENT.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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2010-12-22 12:45:10	georg.brandl	set	messageid: <1293021910.31.0.818314214299.issue10758@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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2010-12-22 12:45:08	georg.brandl	create