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Document the correct class hierarchy for SystemExit. It is not an
error and so it derives from Exception and not SystemError.
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@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ exceptions is present in the standard library module
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For backward compatibility, when Python is invoked with the \code{-X}
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option, most of the standard exceptions are strings\footnote{For
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forward-compatibility the new exceptions \exception{LookupError},
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forward-compatibility the new exceptions \exception{Exception},
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\exception{LookupError},
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\exception{ArithmeticError}, \exception{EnvironmentError}, and
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\exception{StandardError} are tuples.}. This option may be used to
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run code that breaks because of the different semantics of class based
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\end{excdesc}
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\begin{excdesc}{StandardError}
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The base class for built-in exceptions. All built-in exceptions are
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derived from this class, which is itself derived from the root class
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The base class for all built-in exceptions except
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\exception{SystemExit}. \exception{StandardError} itself is derived
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from the root class
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\exception{Exception}.
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\end{excdesc}
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When class exceptions are used, the instance has an attribute
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\member{code} which is set to the proposed exit status or error message
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(defaulting to \code{None}).
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(defaulting to \code{None}). Also, this exception derives directly
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from \exception{Exception} and not \exception{StandardError}, since it
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is not technically an error.
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A call to \function{sys.exit()} is translated into an exception so that
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clean-up handlers (\keyword{finally} clauses of \keyword{try} statements)
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