New submission from Daniel Eloff <dan.el...@gmail.com>: >>> class Foo(object): ... pass ... >>> raise Foo() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<input>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: exceptions must be classes or instances, not Foo >>> class Foo(Exception): ... pass ... >>> raise Foo() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<input>", line 1, in <module> Foo >>> class Foo(BaseException): ... pass ... >>> raise Foo() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<input>", line 1, in <module> Foo
It seems exceptions can only be subclasses of BaseException, the error message is confusing and false. ---------- messages: 100551 nosy: Daniel.Eloff severity: normal status: open title: Misleading exception when raising an object type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8082> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
