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authorChristian Heimes <christian@cheimes.de>2007-12-03 19:47:54 (GMT)
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Patch #1537 from Chad Austin
Change GeneratorExit's base class from Exception to BaseException
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@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised.
.. exception:: GeneratorExit
+ Raise when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called. It
+ directly inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`Exception` since
+ it is technically not an error.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.0
+ Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.
+
Raise when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called.