[Python-checkins] r81057 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
benjamin.peterson
python-checkins at python.org
Mon May 10 22:49:20 CEST 2010
Author: benjamin.peterson
Date: Mon May 10 22:49:20 2010
New Revision: 81057
Log:
remove reference to second argument to raise #8676
Modified:
python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/exceptions.rst (original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/exceptions.rst Mon May 10 22:49:20 2010
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
built-in functions. Except where mentioned, they have an "associated value"
indicating the detailed cause of the error. This may be a string or a tuple
containing several items of information (e.g., an error code and a string
-explaining the code). The associated value is the second argument to the
-:keyword:`raise` statement. If the exception class is derived from the standard
-root class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the
-exception instance's :attr:`args` attribute.
+explaining the code). The associated value is usually passed to the exception
+class's constructor. If the exception class is derived from the standard root
+class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the exception
+instance's :attr:`args` attribute.
User code can raise built-in exceptions. This can be used to test an exception
handler or to report an error condition "just like" the situation in which the
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