#11317: fix wrong info about string exceptions.

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Georg Brandl 2011-02-25 11:19:59 +00:00
parent d0a54d0915
commit 2682661cbc

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@ -610,14 +610,10 @@ Notes:
.. versionadded:: 2.5 .. versionadded:: 2.5
Deprecation of String Exceptions String Exceptions
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.. index:: single: BaseException (built-in exception) .. versionchanged:: 2.6
All exceptions to be raised or caught must be derived from :exc:`BaseException`.
All exceptions built into Python or provided in the standard library are derived Trying to raise a string exception now raises :exc:`TypeError`.
from :exc:`BaseException`.
String exceptions are still supported in the interpreter to allow existing code
to run unmodified, but this will also change in a future release.