[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:15:42 -0500

"GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

GvR> Can we safely make Exception (and hence all built-in
GvR> exceptions) a new-style class?  This could break user code
GvR> (even when we don't enforce that exceptions are derived from
GvR> Exception).

What's the advantage of making Exception a new-style class? Isn't that a separate issue from whether 1) we deprecate string exceptions, 2) whether we enforce exceptions to inherit from Exception?

-Barry