R: [Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Guido van Rossum]

> Also, I believe that using your class Z as an exception class should
> not be supported: a "proper" exception should not just merely
> inherit from Exception - it should have Exception as its only root
> class (Z has both object and Exception as root classes).

I think that rule is too strong, and I don't see a reason for it.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)