[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> Can we safely make Exception (and hence all built-in
    GvR> exceptions) a new-style class?  This could break user code
    GvR> (even when we don't enforce that exceptions are derived from
    GvR> Exception).

What's the advantage of making Exception a new-style class?  Isn't
that a separate issue from whether 1) we deprecate string exceptions,
2) whether we enforce exceptions to inherit from Exception?

-Barry