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diff --git a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst index ed84413..3002700 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst @@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ the standard audio interface for Linux and recent versions of FreeBSD. This probably all warrants a footnote or two, but I don't understand things well enough right now to write it! --GPW +.. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Operations in this module now raise :exc:`OSError` where :exc:`IOError` + was raised. + .. seealso:: @@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ the standard audio interface for Linux and recent versions of FreeBSD. what went wrong. (If :mod:`ossaudiodev` receives an error from a system call such as - :c:func:`open`, :c:func:`write`, or :c:func:`ioctl`, it raises :exc:`IOError`. + :c:func:`open`, :c:func:`write`, or :c:func:`ioctl`, it raises :exc:`OSError`. Errors detected directly by :mod:`ossaudiodev` result in :exc:`OSSAudioError`.) (For backwards compatibility, the exception class is also available as @@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ The following methods each map to exactly one :func:`ioctl` system call. The correspondence is obvious: for example, :meth:`setfmt` corresponds to the ``SNDCTL_DSP_SETFMT`` ioctl, and :meth:`sync` to ``SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC`` (this can be useful when consulting the OSS documentation). If the underlying -:func:`ioctl` fails, they all raise :exc:`IOError`. +:func:`ioctl` fails, they all raise :exc:`OSError`. .. method:: oss_audio_device.nonblock() @@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ The mixer object provides two file-like methods: .. method:: oss_mixer_device.close() This method closes the open mixer device file. Any further attempts to use the - mixer after this file is closed will raise an :exc:`IOError`. + mixer after this file is closed will raise an :exc:`OSError`. .. method:: oss_mixer_device.fileno() @@ -404,7 +408,7 @@ The remaining methods are specific to audio mixing: returned, but both volumes are the same. Raises :exc:`OSSAudioError` if an invalid control was is specified, or - :exc:`IOError` if an unsupported control is specified. + :exc:`OSError` if an unsupported control is specified. .. method:: oss_mixer_device.set(control, (left, right)) @@ -428,7 +432,7 @@ The remaining methods are specific to audio mixing: .. method:: oss_mixer_device.set_recsrc(bitmask) Call this function to specify a recording source. Returns a bitmask indicating - the new recording source (or sources) if successful; raises :exc:`IOError` if an + the new recording source (or sources) if successful; raises :exc:`OSError` if an invalid source was specified. To set the current recording source to the microphone input:: |