Re: R: [Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

There are several problems in the std library now:

bdb.py:9 BdbQuit is a string exception macpath.py:173 norm_error is a string exception tabnanny.py:48 NannyNag does not derive from Exception xdrlib.py:12 ConversionError (Error) does not derive from Exception

Shall I make all of these derive from Exception?

Please do. Note that the last two line numbers are off w.r.t. current CVS (the exception class is defined a few lines down) -- not sure if that's a lurking PyChecker bug or that you used an older version.

Is there any potential problems with doing so?

I don't think so. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)