Add StopIteration to the list of exceptions *not* derived from StandardError.

Slightly re-word discussion of SystemExit and fork().
This is part of SF patch #443788.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-23 19:19:39 +00:00
parent 63bc2e0fcb
commit c046e97dc2
1 changed files with 4 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ also available on the instance's \member{args} attribute, as a tuple.
\begin{excdesc}{StandardError}
The base class for all built-in exceptions except
\exception{SystemExit}. \exception{StandardError} itself is derived
from the root class
\exception{StopIteration} and \exception{SystemExit}.
\exception{StandardError} itself is derived from the root class
\exception{Exception}.
\end{excdesc}
@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ For class exceptions, \function{str()} returns only the message.
can be executed, and so that a debugger can execute a script without
running the risk of losing control. The \function{os._exit()} function
can be used if it is absolutely positively necessary to exit
immediately (e.g., after a \function{fork()} in the child process).
immediately (for example, in the child process after a call to
\function{fork()}).
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{TypeError}