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-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Python/ceval.c27
3 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index cce6152..86ff1ea 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ Magnus Kessler
Lawrence Kesteloot
Vivek Khera
Mads Kiilerich
+Taek Joo Kim
Steve Kirsch
Ron Klatchko
Bastian Kleineidam
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 03597a5..cb84491 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.6 alpha 2?
Core and builtins
-----------------
+- Issue #2371: Add a Py3k warning when catching an exception that
+ doesn't derive from BaseException.
+
- Issue #2321: use pymalloc for unicode object string data to reduce
memory usage in some circumstances.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 4fc1709..72da263 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -4042,6 +4042,13 @@ assign_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *x)
}
}
+#define Py3kExceptionClass_Check(x) \
+ (PyType_Check((x)) && \
+ PyType_FastSubclass((PyTypeObject*)(x), Py_TPFLAGS_BASE_EXC_SUBCLASS))
+
+#define CANNOT_CATCH_MSG "catching classes that don't inherit from " \
+ "BaseException is not allowed in 3.x."
+
static PyObject *
cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
{
@@ -4079,6 +4086,16 @@ cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
if (ret_val == -1)
return NULL;
}
+ if (Py_Py3kWarningFlag &&
+ !Py3kExceptionClass_Check(exc))
+ {
+ int ret_val;
+ ret_val = PyErr_WarnEx(
+ PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+ CANNOT_CATCH_MSG, 1);
+ if (ret_val == -1)
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
}
else {
@@ -4091,6 +4108,16 @@ cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
if (ret_val == -1)
return NULL;
}
+ if (Py_Py3kWarningFlag &&
+ !Py3kExceptionClass_Check(w))
+ {
+ int ret_val;
+ ret_val = PyErr_WarnEx(
+ PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+ CANNOT_CATCH_MSG, 1);
+ if (ret_val == -1)
+ return NULL;
+ }
}
res = PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(v, w);
break;