move the name patching code
diff --git a/pyserial/serial/serialwin32.py b/pyserial/serial/serialwin32.py
index cbabc4e..94371c1 100644
--- a/pyserial/serial/serialwin32.py
+++ b/pyserial/serial/serialwin32.py
@@ -34,8 +34,14 @@
if self._port is None:
raise SerialException("Port must be configured before it can be used.")
self.hComPort = None
+ # the "\\.\COMx" format is required for devices other than COM1-COM8
+ # not all versions of windows seem to support this properly
+ # so that the first few ports are used with the DOS device name
+ port = self.portstr
+ if port.upper().startswith('COM') and int(port[3:]) > 8:
+ port = '\\\\.\\' + port
try:
- self.hComPort = win32file.CreateFile(self.makeDeviceName(self.portstr),
+ self.hComPort = win32file.CreateFile(port,
win32con.GENERIC_READ | win32con.GENERIC_WRITE,
0, # exclusive access
None, # no security
@@ -185,12 +191,7 @@
self._isOpen = False
def makeDeviceName(self, port):
- # the "\\.\COMx" format is required for devices other than COM1-COM8
- # not all versions of windows seem to support this properly
- # so that the first few ports are used with the DOS device name
- if port.upper().startswith('COM') and int(port[3:]) <= 8:
- return port
- return '\\\\.\\' + port
+ return device(port)
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