[Python-Dev] Raising string exceptions

[Martin v. Löwis]

Neal Norwitz <neal@metaslash.com> writes:

> Should the error message when raising an invalid exception:
> 
>    "exceptions must be strings, classes or instances"
> 
> in ceval.c:2743 be changed to remove strings, since this is
> deprecated?

+1.

> Also, should we add a PendingDeprecationWarning when raising a 
> string exception?

-0. I think making it a nearly undocumented feature is enough for the
coming years.

Regards,
Martin