From 30e10d8114b68613f35e98159eb428f0be0cb769 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 11:41:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add example for not using access

---
 Doc/library/os.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index b16fb1fa364..0466da44874 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -916,7 +916,26 @@ Files and Directories
       Using :func:`access` to check if a user is authorized to e.g. open a file
       before actually doing so using :func:`open` creates a security hole,
       because the user might exploit the short time interval between checking
-      and opening the file to manipulate it.
+      and opening the file to manipulate it. It's preferable to use :term:`EAFP`
+      techniques. For example::
+
+         if os.access("myfile", os.R_OK):
+             with open("myfile") as fp:
+                 return fp.read()
+         return "some default data"
+
+      is better written as::
+
+         try:
+             fp = open("myfile")
+         except OSError as e:
+             if e.errno == errno.EACCESS:
+                 return "some default data"
+             # Not a permission error.
+             raise
+         else:
+             with fp:
+                 return fp.read()
 
    .. note::