[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib getopt.py,1.7,1.8
Fred L. Drake, Jr.
fdrake@acm.org
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:59:55 -0500 (EST)
Guido van Rossum writes:
> I wish I had done it right from the start -- then exceptions would
> have been classes from the start and would have required inheritance
> from the Exception base class. Like in Java. (And in C++?)
I've seen this said or hinted at in a couple of places (the specific
requirement that exception derive from Exception), but I've seen
nothing that indicates any reason or derived value for this. Could
someone please clarify?
-Fred
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Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org>
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