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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:49:48 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2013-04-13 18:49:48 (GMT) |
| commit | 8e37d5df95535081426f5e7fe450695f6dcfe676 (patch) | |
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#2118: Make SMTPException a subclass of IOError.
Initial patch by Ned Jackson Lovely.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 75ac8ba..2b6193a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -151,12 +151,23 @@ New Modules Improved Modules ================ + doctest ------- Added ``FAIL_FAST`` flag to halt test running as soon as the first failure is detected. (Contributed by R. David Murray and Daniel Urban in :issue:`16522`.) + +smtplib +------- + +:exc:`~smtplib.SMTPException` is now a subclass of :exc:`IOError`, which allows +both socket level errors and SMTP protocol level errors to be caught in one +try/except statement by code that only cares whether or not an error occurred. +(:issue:`2118`). + + wave ---- |