Issue #13683: raise with no exception in scope throws a RuntimeError; fix by Ramchandra Apte

This commit is contained in:
Sandro Tosi 2012-01-01 12:17:15 +01:00
parent 4391173778
commit b2794c842f
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions

View File

@ -495,8 +495,8 @@ The :keyword:`raise` statement
If no expressions are present, :keyword:`raise` re-raises the last exception
that was active in the current scope. If no exception is active in the current
scope, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised indicating that this is an error
(if running under IDLE, a :exc:`queue.Empty` exception is raised instead).
scope, a :exc:`RuntimeError` exception is raised indicating that this is an
error.
Otherwise, :keyword:`raise` evaluates the first expression as the exception
object. It must be either a subclass or an instance of :class:`BaseException`.