[Python-Dev] XML runtime errors?

[Fredrik Lundh]

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> > stoopid question: why the heck is xmllib using
> > "RuntimeError" to flag XML syntax errors?
> 
> Because it's too cheap to declare its own exception?

how about adding:

    class XMLError(RuntimeError):
        pass

(and maybe one or more XMLError subclasses?)

> > what's wrong with "SyntaxError"?
> 
> That would be the wrong exception unless it's parsing Python source
> code.

gotta fix netrc.py then...

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