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diff --git a/Doc/api/api.tex b/Doc/api/api.tex index c7b2d45..3c27148 100644 --- a/Doc/api/api.tex +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex @@ -938,16 +938,15 @@ It may be called without holding the interpreter lock. This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The \var{name} argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string of the form \code{module.class}. The \var{base} and -\var{dict} arguments are normally \NULL{}. Normally, this creates a +\var{dict} arguments are normally \NULL{}. This creates a class object derived from the root for all exceptions, the built-in name \exception{Exception} (accessible in C as -\cdata{PyExc_Exception}). In this case the \member{__module__} -attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up to the last -dot) of the \var{name} argument, and the class name is set to the last -part (after the last dot). The -\var{base} argument can be used to specify an alternate base class. -The \var{dict} argument can be used to specify a dictionary of class -variables and methods. +\cdata{PyExc_Exception}). The \member{__module__} attribute of the +new class is set to the first part (up to the last dot) of the +\var{name} argument, and the class name is set to the last part (after +the last dot). The \var{base} argument can be used to specify an +alternate base class. The \var{dict} argument can be used to specify +a dictionary of class variables and methods. \end{cfuncdesc} @@ -991,21 +990,17 @@ completeness, here are all the variables: Note: \begin{description} \item[(1)] - This is a base class for other standard exceptions. If the - \code{-X} interpreter option is used, these will be tuples - containing the string exceptions which would have otherwise been - subclasses. + This is a base class for other standard exceptions. \end{description} \section{Deprecation of String Exceptions} -The \code{-X} command-line option will be removed in Python 1.6. All -exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library will +All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library +are derived from \exception{Exception}. \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{Exception}} -be classes derived from \exception{Exception}. -String exceptions will still be supported in the interpreter to allow +String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow existing code to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future release. |