add minimal test of exception use. verify that each exception can be

raised, caught, and converted to a string.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
index d172ecd..7bc515c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_exceptions.py
@@ -6,7 +6,19 @@ from types import ClassType
 print '5. Built-in exceptions'
 # XXX This is not really enough, each *operation* should be tested!
 
+def test_raise_catch(exc):
+    try:
+        raise exc, "spam"
+    except exc, err:
+        buf = str(err)
+    try:
+        raise exc("spam")
+    except exc, err:
+        buf = str(err)
+    print buf
+
 def r(thing):
+    test_raise_catch(thing)
     if type(thing) == ClassType:
         print thing.__name__
     else: