[Python-checkins] r85825 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/warnings.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sun Oct 24 17:16:02 2010
New Revision: 85825

Log:
Add documentation about the default warnings filters.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/warnings.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/warnings.rst
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/warnings.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/library/warnings.rst	Sun Oct 24 17:16:02 2010
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@
 standard warning categories.  A warning category must always be a subclass of
 the :exc:`Warning` class.
 
-.. versionchanged:: 3.2
-   :exc:`DeprecationWarning` is ignored by default.
-
 
 .. _warning-filter:
 
@@ -157,6 +154,27 @@
 are ignored, after printing a message to ``sys.stderr``).
 
 
+Default Warning Filters
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+By default, Python installs several warning filters, which can be overridden by
+the command-line options passed to :option:`-W` and calls to
+:func:`filterwarnings`.
+
+* :exc:`DeprecationWarning` and :exc:`PendingDeprecationWarning`, and
+  :exc:`ImportWarning` are ignored.
+
+* :exc:`BytesWarning` is ignored unless the :option:`-b` option is given once or
+  twice; in this case this warning is either printed (``-b``) or turned into an
+  exception (``-bb`).
+
+* :exc:`ResourceWarning` is ignored unless Python was built in debug mode.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.2
+   :exc:`DeprecationWarning` is now ignored by default in addition to
+   :exc:`PendingDeprecationWarning`.
+
+
 .. _warning-suppress:
 
 Temporarily Suppressing Warnings