Merge branch 'mb/tools' into develop

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bsie/reader/stat.py b/bsie/reader/stat.py
index f0b83fb..592d912 100644
--- a/bsie/reader/stat.py
+++ b/bsie/reader/stat.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Author: Matthias Baumgartner, 2022
 import os
 import typing
 
-# inner-module imports
+# bsie imports
 from bsie.base import reader, errors
 
 # exports
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ __all__: typing.Sequence[str] = (
 class Stat(reader.Reader):
     """Read and return the filesystem's stat infos."""
 
-    CONTENT_TYPE = typing.Union[os.stat_result]
-
-    def __call__(self, path: str) -> CONTENT_TYPE:
+    def __call__(self, path: str) -> os.stat_result:
         try:
             return os.stat(path)
-        except Exception:
-            raise errors.ReaderError(path)
+        except Exception as err:
+            raise errors.ReaderError(path) from err
 
 
 ## EOF ##