comments/question about using connection.closed in is_disconnect method

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
index d03fdb5ffcb26ac349816f2e68a633eba2c206fa..030d5418ba9be4e305146e487de9408a7416026f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/connectors/mxodbc.py
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ class MxODBCConnector(Connector):
         return args, kwargs
 
     def is_disconnect(self, e):
+        # eGenix recommends checking connection.closed here,
+        # but how can we get a handle on the current connection?
         if isinstance(e, self.dbapi.ProgrammingError):
             return "connection already closed" in str(e)
         elif isinstance(e, self.dbapi.Error):