[DB-SIG] Remaining issues with DB API 2.0

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Andy Dustman wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> 
> > Andy Dustman wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd say we make two subclasses of Error: InterfaceError, and
> > > > DatabaseError.
> > >
> > > Speaking of which, I can't find a obvious way in the Python API to create
> > > an exception with multiple inheritance. Any ideas?
> >
> > You mean: how do I create an exception having a predefined base class ?
> > [I don't see a need for multiple inheritance (with more than one
> > base class) in this situation.]
> 
> No, I really did mean multple inheritance. I am already using regular
> single-inheritance (and I DID model off mxODBC :). I may not use multple
> inheritance for this module, but I will at some point...

Ah, ok. I guess you could add a new API to Python/errors.c
and send the patch to Guido. There currently is no way to comfortably
create exception classes with bases *tuples* (it's easy to add though).

Cheers,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg                               Y2000: 274 days left
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