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diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 17a0fed..fb3ae94 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ The built-in exceptions listed below can be generated by the interpreter or built-in functions. Except where mentioned, they have an "associated value" indicating the detailed cause of the error. This may be a string or a tuple containing several items of information (e.g., an error code and a string -explaining the code). The associated value is the second argument to the -:keyword:`raise` statement. If the exception class is derived from the standard -root class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the -exception instance's :attr:`args` attribute. +explaining the code). The associated value is usually passed to the exception +class's constructor. If the exception class is derived from the standard root +class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the exception +instance's :attr:`args` attribute. User code can raise built-in exceptions. This can be used to test an exception handler or to report an error condition "just like" the situation in which the |