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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/exceptions.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/exceptions.py b/Lib/exceptions.py index 2963c04..e943f7b 100644 --- a/Lib/exceptions.py +++ b/Lib/exceptions.py @@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ Most existing code should continue to work with class based exceptions. Some tricky uses of IOError may break, but the most common uses should work. Here is a rundown of the class hierarchy. You can change this by editing this -file, but it isn't recommended. The class names described here are expected -to be found by the bltinmodule.c file. If you add classes here, you must -modify bltinmodule.c or the exceptions won't be available in the __builtin__ -module, nor will they be accessible from C. +file, but it isn't recommended because the old string based exceptions won't +be kept in sync. The class names described here are expected to be found by +the bltinmodule.c file. If you add classes here, you must modify +bltinmodule.c or the exceptions won't be available in the __builtin__ module, +nor will they be accessible from C. The classes with a `*' are new since Python 1.5. They are defined as tuples containing the derived exceptions when string-based exceptions are used. If @@ -23,9 +24,9 @@ Exception. Exception(*) | + +-- SystemExit +-- StandardError(*) | - +-- SystemExit +-- KeyboardInterrupt +-- ImportError +-- EnvironmentError(*) |