Это очень хорошая идея, особенно если эти значения определены как константы или справочные таблицы.
Вот выдержка из таблицы поиска из некоторого кода, где я работаю (с открытым исходным кодом, поэтому я не выдаю никаких секретов):
DCOM_ERROR_CONSTANTS = {
1726:'RPC_S_CALL_FAILED',
0:'WBEM_NO_ERROR',
0x40001:'WBEM_S_ALREADY_EXISTS',
0x40002:'WBEM_S_RESET_TO_DEFAULT',
0x40003:'WBEM_S_DIFFERENT',
0x40004:'WBEM_S_TIMEDOUT',
0x40005:'WBEM_S_NO_MORE_DATA',
0x40006:'WBEM_S_OPERATION_CANCELLED',
0x40007:'WBEM_S_PENDING',
0x40008:'WBEM_S_DUPLICATE_OBJECTS',
0x40009:'WBEM_S_ACCESS_DENIED',
0x40010:'WBEM_S_PARTIAL_RESULTS',
0x40011:'WBEM_S_NO_POSTHOOK',
0x40012:'WBEM_S_POSTHOOK_WITH_BOTH',
0x40013:'WBEM_S_POSTHOOK_WITH_NEW',
0x40014:'WBEM_S_POSTHOOK_WITH_STATUS',
0x40015:'WBEM_S_POSTHOOK_WITH_OLD',
0x40016:'WBEM_S_REDO_PREHOOK_WITH_ORIGINAL_OBJECT',
0x40017:'WBEM_S_SOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE',
0x80041001:'WBEM_E_FAILED',
0x80041002:'WBEM_E_NOT_FOUND',
0x80041003:'WBEM_E_ACCESS_DENIED',
0x80041004:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_FAILURE',
0x80041005:'WBEM_E_TYPE_MISMATCH',
0x80041006:'WBEM_E_OUT_OF_MEMORY',
0x80041007:'WBEM_E_INVALID_CONTEXT',
0x80041008:'WBEM_E_INVALID_PARAMETER',
0x80041009:'WBEM_E_NOT_AVAILABLE',
0x8004100A:'WBEM_E_CRITICAL_ERROR',
0x8004100B:'WBEM_E_INVALID_STREAM',
0x8004100C:'WBEM_E_NOT_SUPPORTED',
0x8004100D:'WBEM_E_INVALID_SUPERCLASS',
0x8004100E:'WBEM_E_INVALID_NAMESPACE',
0x8004100F:'WBEM_E_INVALID_OBJECT',
0x80041010:'WBEM_E_INVALID_CLASS',
0x80041011:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_NOT_FOUND',
0x80041012:'WBEM_E_INVALID_PROVIDER_REGISTRATION',
0x80041013:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_LOAD_FAILURE',
0x80041014:'WBEM_E_INITIALIZATION_FAILURE',
0x80041015:'WBEM_E_TRANSPORT_FAILURE',
0x80041016:'WBEM_E_INVALID_OPERATION',
0x80041017:'WBEM_E_INVALID_QUERY',
0x80041018:'WBEM_E_INVALID_QUERY_TYPE',
0x80041019:'WBEM_E_ALREADY_EXISTS',
0x8004101A:'WBEM_E_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED',
0x8004101B:'WBEM_E_PROPAGATED_QUALIFIER',
0x8004101C:'WBEM_E_PROPAGATED_PROPERTY',
0x8004101D:'WBEM_E_UNEXPECTED',
0x8004101E:'WBEM_E_ILLEGAL_OPERATION',
0x8004101F:'WBEM_E_CANNOT_BE_KEY',
0x80041020:'WBEM_E_INCOMPLETE_CLASS',
0x80041021:'WBEM_E_INVALID_SYNTAX',
0x80041022:'WBEM_E_NONDECORATED_OBJECT',
0x80041023:'WBEM_E_READ_ONLY',
0x80041024:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_NOT_CAPABLE',
0x80041025:'WBEM_E_CLASS_HAS_CHILDREN',
0x80041026:'WBEM_E_CLASS_HAS_INSTANCES',
0x80041027:'WBEM_E_QUERY_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
0x80041028:'WBEM_E_ILLEGAL_NULL',
0x80041029:'WBEM_E_INVALID_QUALIFIER_TYPE',
0x8004102A:'WBEM_E_INVALID_PROPERTY_TYPE',
0x8004102B:'WBEM_E_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE',
0x8004102C:'WBEM_E_CANNOT_BE_SINGLETON',
0x8004102D:'WBEM_E_INVALID_CIM_TYPE',
0x8004102E:'WBEM_E_INVALID_METHOD',
0x8004102F:'WBEM_E_INVALID_METHOD_PARAMETERS',
0x80041030:'WBEM_E_SYSTEM_PROPERTY',
0x80041031:'WBEM_E_INVALID_PROPERTY',
0x80041032:'WBEM_E_CALL_CANCELLED',
0x80041033:'WBEM_E_SHUTTING_DOWN',
0x80041034:'WBEM_E_PROPAGATED_METHOD',
0x80041035:'WBEM_E_UNSUPPORTED_PARAMETER',
0x80041036:'WBEM_E_MISSING_PARAMETER_ID',
0x80041037:'WBEM_E_INVALID_PARAMETER_ID',
0x80041038:'WBEM_E_NONCONSECUTIVE_PARAMETER_IDS',
0x80041039:'WBEM_E_PARAMETER_ID_ON_RETVAL',
0x8004103A:'WBEM_E_INVALID_OBJECT_PATH',
0x8004103B:'WBEM_E_OUT_OF_DISK_SPACE',
0x8004103C:'WBEM_E_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL',
0x8004103D:'WBEM_E_UNSUPPORTED_PUT_EXTENSION',
0x8004103E:'WBEM_E_UNKNOWN_OBJECT_TYPE',
0x8004103F:'WBEM_E_UNKNOWN_PACKET_TYPE',
0x80041040:'WBEM_E_MARSHAL_VERSION_MISMATCH',
0x80041041:'WBEM_E_MARSHAL_INVALID_SIGNATURE',
0x80041042:'WBEM_E_INVALID_QUALIFIER',
0x80041043:'WBEM_E_INVALID_DUPLICATE_PARAMETER',
0x80041044:'WBEM_E_TOO_MUCH_DATA',
0x80041045:'WBEM_E_SERVER_TOO_BUSY',
0x80041046:'WBEM_E_INVALID_FLAVOR',
0x80041047:'WBEM_E_CIRCULAR_REFERENCE',
0x80041048:'WBEM_E_UNSUPPORTED_CLASS_UPDATE',
0x80041049:'WBEM_E_CANNOT_CHANGE_KEY_INHERITANCE',
0x80041050:'WBEM_E_CANNOT_CHANGE_INDEX_INHERITANCE',
0x80041051:'WBEM_E_TOO_MANY_PROPERTIES',
0x80041052:'WBEM_E_UPDATE_TYPE_MISMATCH',
0x80041053:'WBEM_E_UPDATE_OVERRIDE_NOT_ALLOWED',
0x80041054:'WBEM_E_UPDATE_PROPAGATED_METHOD',
0x80041055:'WBEM_E_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
0x80041056:'WBEM_E_METHOD_DISABLED',
0x80041057:'WBEM_E_REFRESHER_BUSY',
0x80041058:'WBEM_E_UNPARSABLE_QUERY',
0x80041059:'WBEM_E_NOT_EVENT_CLASS',
0x8004105A:'WBEM_E_MISSING_GROUP_WITHIN',
0x8004105B:'WBEM_E_MISSING_AGGREGATION_LIST',
0x8004105C:'WBEM_E_PROPERTY_NOT_AN_OBJECT',
0x8004105D:'WBEM_E_AGGREGATING_BY_OBJECT',
0x8004105F:'WBEM_E_UNINTERPRETABLE_PROVIDER_QUERY',
0x80041060:'WBEM_E_BACKUP_RESTORE_WINMGMT_RUNNING',
0x80041061:'WBEM_E_QUEUE_OVERFLOW',
0x80041062:'WBEM_E_PRIVILEGE_NOT_HELD',
0x80041063:'WBEM_E_INVALID_OPERATOR',
0x80041064:'WBEM_E_LOCAL_CREDENTIALS',
0x80041065:'WBEM_E_CANNOT_BE_ABSTRACT',
0x80041066:'WBEM_E_AMENDED_OBJECT',
0x80041067:'WBEM_E_CLIENT_TOO_SLOW',
0x80041068:'WBEM_E_NULL_SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR',
0x80041069:'WBEM_E_TIMED_OUT',
0x8004106A:'WBEM_E_INVALID_ASSOCIATION',
0x8004106B:'WBEM_E_AMBIGUOUS_OPERATION',
0x8004106C:'WBEM_E_QUOTA_VIOLATION',
0x8004106D:'WBEM_E_RESERVED_001',
0x8004106E:'WBEM_E_RESERVED_002',
0x8004106F:'WBEM_E_UNSUPPORTED_LOCALE',
0x80041070:'WBEM_E_HANDLE_OUT_OF_DATE',
0x80041071:'WBEM_E_CONNECTION_FAILED',
0x80041072:'WBEM_E_INVALID_HANDLE_REQUEST',
0x80041073:'WBEM_E_PROPERTY_NAME_TOO_WIDE',
0x80041074:'WBEM_E_CLASS_NAME_TOO_WIDE',
0x80041075:'WBEM_E_METHOD_NAME_TOO_WIDE',
0x80041076:'WBEM_E_QUALIFIER_NAME_TOO_WIDE',
0x80041077:'WBEM_E_RERUN_COMMAND',
0x80041078:'WBEM_E_DATABASE_VER_MISMATCH',
0x80041079:'WBEM_E_VETO_DELETE',
0x8004107A:'WBEM_E_VETO_PUT',
0x80041080:'WBEM_E_INVALID_LOCALE',
0x80041081:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_SUSPENDED',
0x80041082:'WBEM_E_SYNCHRONIZATION_REQUIRED',
0x80041083:'WBEM_E_NO_SCHEMA',
0x80041084:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_ALREADY_REGISTERED',
0x80041085:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_NOT_REGISTERED',
0x80041086:'WBEM_E_FATAL_TRANSPORT_ERROR',
0x80041087:'WBEM_E_ENCRYPTED_CONNECTION_REQUIRED',
0x80041088:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_TIMED_OUT',
0x80041089:'WBEM_E_NO_KEY',
0x8004108a:'WBEM_E_PROVIDER_DISABLED',
# not dcom, but frequently seen
0x000006be: 'OPERATION_COULD_NOT_BE_COMPLETED',
}
Вместо того, чтобы загромождать мой код, эта большая таблица преобразования хранится в отдельном файле и просто импортируется по мере необходимости.
from library import DCOM_ERROR_CONSTANTS