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diff --git a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex index b906172..c4727f2 100644 --- a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex +++ b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex @@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ have the type \ctype{PyObject*}; they are all class objects. For completeness, here are all the variables: \begin{tableiii}{l|l|c}{cdata}{C Name}{Python Name}{Notes} + \lineiii{PyExc_BaseException\ttindex{PyExc_BaseException}}{\exception{BaseException}}{(1), (4)} \lineiii{PyExc_Exception\ttindex{PyExc_Exception}}{\exception{Exception}}{(1)} \lineiii{PyExc_StandardError\ttindex{PyExc_StandardError}}{\exception{StandardError}}{(1)} \lineiii{PyExc_ArithmeticError\ttindex{PyExc_ArithmeticError}}{\exception{ArithmeticError}}{(1)} @@ -388,14 +389,17 @@ Notes: \item[(3)] Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing that the preprocessor macro \code{MS_WINDOWS} is defined. + +\item[(4)] + \versionadded{2.5} \end{description} \section{Deprecation of String Exceptions} All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library -are derived from \exception{Exception}. -\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{Exception}} +are derived from \exception{BaseException}. +\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{BaseException}} String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow existing code to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future |