[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/tut tut.tex,1.191,1.192

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Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:19:36 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/tut
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv19998

Modified Files:
	tut.tex 
Log Message:
SF #751062:  Tutorial: remove string exceptions, add parnassus, #posts
(Contributed by Gerritt Holl)

* Remove the last mentions of string exceptions
* Reference a third-party repository of programs
* Minor clarification of comp.lang.py posting volumes



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  function object corresponding to the method.
  
! \subsection{Exceptions Can Be Classes \label{exceptionClasses}}
  
! User-defined exceptions are no longer limited to being string objects
! --- they can be identified by classes as well.  Using this mechanism it
! is possible to create extensible hierarchies of exceptions.
  
  There are two new valid (semantic) forms for the raise statement:
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  function object corresponding to the method.
  
! \subsection{Exceptions Are Classes Too\label{exceptionClasses}}
  
! User-defined exceptions are identified by classes as well.  Using this
! mechanism it is possible to create extensible hierarchies of exceptions.
  
  There are two new valid (semantic) forms for the raise statement:
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  \end{verbatim}
  
! An except clause may list classes as well as string objects.  A class
! in an except clause is compatible with an exception if it is the same
  class or a base class thereof (but not the other way around --- an
  except clause listing a derived class is not compatible with a base
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  \end{verbatim}
  
! A class in an except clause is compatible with an exception if it is the same
  class or a base class thereof (but not the other way around --- an
  except clause listing a derived class is not compatible with a base
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  informal site is \url{http://starship.python.net/}, which contains a
  bunch of Python-related personal home pages; many people have
! downloadable software there.
  
  For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the
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  informal site is \url{http://starship.python.net/}, which contains a
  bunch of Python-related personal home pages; many people have
! downloadable software there. Many more user-created Python modules
! can be found in a third-party repository at
! \url{http://www.vex.net/parnassus}.
  
  For Python-related questions and problem reports, you can post to the
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  list at \email{python-list@python.org}.  The newsgroup and mailing list
  are gatewayed, so messages posted to one will automatically be
! forwarded to the other.  There are around 120 postings a day,
  % Postings figure based on average of last six months activity as
  % reported by www.egroups.com; Jan. 2000 - June 2000: 21272 msgs / 182
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  list at \email{python-list@python.org}.  The newsgroup and mailing list
  are gatewayed, so messages posted to one will automatically be
! forwarded to the other.  There are around 120 postings a day (with peaks
! up to several hundred),
  % Postings figure based on average of last six months activity as
  % reported by www.egroups.com; Jan. 2000 - June 2000: 21272 msgs / 182