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authorHynek Schlawack <hs@ox.cx>2012-10-28 12:59:27 (GMT)
committerHynek Schlawack <hs@ox.cx>2012-10-28 12:59:27 (GMT)
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#1492704: Ensure and document backward compatibility of the change
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@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Directory and files operations
Now returns *dst*.
.. versionchanged:: 3.4
- Raise :exc:`SameFileError` instead of :exc:`Error`.
+ Raise :exc:`SameFileError` instead of :exc:`Error`. Since the former is
+ a subclass of the latter, this change is backward compatible.
.. exception:: SameFileError