The sequence behavior is now on the Exception root class rather than

on the StandardError class.
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Guido van Rossum 1997-10-07 14:41:04 +00:00
parent fdacc58bfe
commit 6cd7ecb10b
2 changed files with 8 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -62,14 +62,15 @@ from this class. All user-defined exceptions should also be derived
from this class, but this is not (yet) enforced. The \code{str()}
function, when applied to an instance of this class (or most derived
classes) returns the string value of the argument or arguments, or an
empty string if no arguments were given to the constructor.
empty string if no arguments were given to the constructor. When used
as a sequence, this accesses the arguments given to the constructor
(handy for backward compatibility with old code).
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{StandardError}
The base class for built-in exceptions. All built-in exceptions are
derived from this class, which is itself derived from the root class
\code{Exception}. For backward compatibility, when used as a
sequence, this accesses the arguments given to the constructor.
\code{Exception}.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{ArithmeticError}

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@ -62,14 +62,15 @@ from this class. All user-defined exceptions should also be derived
from this class, but this is not (yet) enforced. The \code{str()}
function, when applied to an instance of this class (or most derived
classes) returns the string value of the argument or arguments, or an
empty string if no arguments were given to the constructor.
empty string if no arguments were given to the constructor. When used
as a sequence, this accesses the arguments given to the constructor
(handy for backward compatibility with old code).
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{StandardError}
The base class for built-in exceptions. All built-in exceptions are
derived from this class, which is itself derived from the root class
\code{Exception}. For backward compatibility, when used as a
sequence, this accesses the arguments given to the constructor.
\code{Exception}.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{ArithmeticError}