1) From 2.4.2 documentation: There are two new valid (semantic) forms for the raise statement: raise Class, instance raise instance
2) In python: >>> raise NameError Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? NameError >>> help(NameError) Help on class NameError in module exceptions: ... >>> raise 0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? TypeError: exceptions must be classes, instances, or strings (deprecated), not i nt So, if it's a bug in documentation, it should be corrected. Otherwise, (IMHO!) raising classes should be deprecated. Does raising class make sence? As for me, I can't find any usefull case for it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
