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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Mar 20 03:16:43 CET 2006

Just van Rossum wrote:

Greg Ewing wrote:

> 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).

Yes, that could be a problem. Maybe there could be a future import which says "I know about the new exception scheme, trust me when I inherit from Exception."

Greg

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