Another Python 2 question! 😊
In Python 2, the equivalent of BlockingIOError
is socket.error
with an errno
attribute set to EAGAIN
or EWOULDBLOCK
.
Here’s an example:
import socket
try:
# Perform a blocking I/O operation
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.connect(("example.com", 80))
sock.sendall("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\n\r\n")
except socket.error, e:
if e.errno == errno.EAGAIN or e.errno == errno.EWOULDBLOCK:
print("Blocking I/O error occurred")
else:
print("Other socket error occurred:", e)
In this example, we’re trying to perform a blocking I/O operation (connecting to a socket and sending data) and catching the socket.error
exception. If the error is due to a blocking I/O operation, we check the errno
attribute to see if it’s set to EAGAIN
or EWOULDBLOCK
, which indicate that the operation would block.
Note that in Python 2, socket.error
is a catch-all exception for socket-related errors, and you need to check the errno
attribute to determine the specific error.
In Python 3.x, BlockingIOError
is a separate exception class that’s raised when a blocking I/O operation is attempted, making it easier to handle these types of errors.