On Friday 06 January 2012, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Chris Fuller wrote:
> class Foo(SyntaxError):
> > ... def __init__(self, a,b,c):
> > ... self.args = (a,b,c)
> > ...
> >
> raise Foo(1,2,3)
> >
> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "", line 1, in
> >
> > __main__.Foo:
On 01/07/2012 03:56 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Chris Fuller wrote:
You probably shouldn't inherit from SyntaxError, since it represents
syntax errors in the Python code being interpreted or compiled. Any
syntax error in your own data structures should be independent of
SyntaxError.
I'd say a s
Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
Inheriting from SyntaxError doesn't work! When I create a new exception, I
generally subclass from the built-in exception it most resembles, in case
there was some reason to also catch it via an ancestor. But I'm not sure if
that is really all that useful an idea in prac
Chris Fuller wrote:
class Foo(SyntaxError):
... def __init__(self, a,b,c):
... self.args = (a,b,c)
...
raise Foo(1,2,3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
__main__.Foo: None
Inheriting from SyntaxError doesn't work! When I create a new exception, I
generally sub
> Inheriting from SyntaxError doesn't work! When I create a new exception, I
> generally subclass from the built-in exception it most resembles, in case
> there was some reason to also catch it via an ancestor. But I'm not sure if
> that is really all that useful an idea in practice. How do you
I had an interesting experience today.
Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Nov 28 2010, 19:31:37)
[GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> class Foo(Exception):
... def __init__(self, a,b,c):
... self.args = (a,b,c)
...
>>> raise Foo(1,2,3)
Traceb