From 9e2a3f4bbba03a5a363594a7fb616455d80cb62b 2011-03-13 06:08:44
From: Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez@berkeley.edu>
Date: 2011-03-13 06:08:44
Subject: [PATCH] Better report errors where select is missing POLLHUP/POLERR (win32).

Closes gh-153.

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diff --git a/IPython/deathrow/ipy_vimserver.py b/IPython/deathrow/ipy_vimserver.py
index d055cd5..1902c6a 100644
--- a/IPython/deathrow/ipy_vimserver.py
+++ b/IPython/deathrow/ipy_vimserver.py
@@ -74,7 +74,12 @@ import socket, select
 import os, threading, subprocess
 import re
 
-ERRCONDS = select.POLLHUP|select.POLLERR
+try:
+    ERRCONDS = select.POLLHUP|select.POLLERR
+except AttributeError:
+    raise ImportError("Vim server not supported on this platform - select "
+                      "missing necessary POLLHUP/POLLERR functionality")
+
 SERVER = None
 ip = ipapi.get()