You can no longer catch non-BaseException objects; TypeError is raised if such

an object is listed in an 'except' clause.
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Brett Cannon 2007-02-26 21:10:16 +00:00
parent 6baa4c4cc6
commit f74225d63b
3 changed files with 35 additions and 46 deletions

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@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ PyEval_EvalFrameEx(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
why == WHY_CONTINUE)
retval = POP();
}
else if (PyExceptionClass_Check(v) || PyString_Check(v)) {
else if (PyExceptionClass_Check(v)) {
w = POP();
u = POP();
PyErr_Restore(v, w, u);
@ -3916,6 +3916,24 @@ assign_slice(PyObject *u, PyObject *v, PyObject *w, PyObject *x)
}
}
/*
Return a true value if the exception is allowed to be in an 'except' clause,
otherwise return a false value.
*/
static int
can_catch_exc(PyObject *exc)
{
if (!(PyExceptionClass_Check(exc) || PyExceptionInstance_Check(exc))) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
"catching an object must be a class or "
"instance of BaseException");
return 0;
}
else {
return 1;
}
}
static PyObject *
cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
{
@ -3944,28 +3962,14 @@ cmp_outcome(int op, register PyObject *v, register PyObject *w)
length = PyTuple_Size(w);
for (i = 0; i < length; i += 1) {
PyObject *exc = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(w, i);
if (PyString_Check(exc)) {
int ret_val;
ret_val = PyErr_WarnEx(
PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
"catching of string "
"exceptions is "
"deprecated", 1);
if (ret_val == -1)
return NULL;
if (!can_catch_exc(exc)) {
return NULL;
}
}
}
else {
if (PyString_Check(w)) {
int ret_val;
ret_val = PyErr_WarnEx(
PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
"catching of string "
"exceptions is deprecated",
1);
if (ret_val == -1)
return NULL;
if (!can_catch_exc(w)) {
return NULL;
}
}
res = PyErr_GivenExceptionMatches(v, w);