[Python-Dev] GeneratorExit inheriting from Exception (original) (raw)

Just van Rossum just at letterror.com
Sun Mar 19 08:05:22 CET 2006

Greg Ewing wrote:

Barry Warsaw wrote:

> One possible approach is to revert BaseException out of Py2.5, > re-position KeyboardInterrupt, and add Error as an alias for > StandardError. Then we can encourage people to start using Error > as the base classes for their own errors. Also maybe start issuing warnings whenever you inherit directly from Exception.

Ugh. I hate it when it's made (virtually) impossible to write code that runs warnings-free on both Python X.Y and X.(Y+1).

Just

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