Moved the CCompiler exceptions here, to avoid having to import ccompiler.py

just to get a little exception class.
No more string-based exceptions.

Lib/distutils/errors.py

@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ symbols whose names start with "Distutils" and end with "Error"."""
 
 __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
-import types
-
-if type (RuntimeError) is types.ClassType:
-
 class DistutilsError (Exception):
     """The root of all Distutils evil."""
     pass
@@ -77,17 +73,20 @@ if type (RuntimeError) is types.ClassType:
     should never be seen if the code is working!)."""
     pass
 
-# String-based exceptions
-else:
-    DistutilsError = 'DistutilsError'
-    DistutilsModuleError = 'DistutilsModuleError'
-    DistutilsClassError = 'DistutilsClassError'
-    DistutilsGetoptError = 'DistutilsGetoptError'
-    DistutilsArgError = 'DistutilsArgError'
-    DistutilsFileError = 'DistutilsFileError'
-    DistutilsOptionError = 'DistutilsOptionError'
-    DistutilsPlatformError = 'DistutilsPlatformError'
-    DistutilsExecError = 'DistutilsExecError'
-    DistutilsInternalError = 'DistutilsInternalError'
 
-del types
+# Exception classes used by the CCompiler implementation classes
+class CCompilerError (Exception):
+    """Some compile/link operation failed."""
+
+class CompileError (CCompilerError):
+    """Failure to compile one or more C/C++ source files."""
+
+class LibError (CCompilerError):
+    """Failure to create a static library from one or more C/C++ object
+    files."""
+
+class LinkError (CCompilerError):
+    """Failure to link one or more C/C++ object files into an executable
+    or shared library file."""
+
+