New style classes as exceptions (Was: exception handing)

[Aahz]

In article <B9467E62.D435%jonathan at onegoodidea.com>,
Jonathan Hogg  <jonathan at onegoodidea.com> wrote:
>On 1/7/2002 18:02, in article
>7V%T8.69851$F16.33443 at atlpnn01.usenetserver.com, "Steve Holden"
><sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I think it's currently a feature, but it will doubtless become a bug if this
>> situation continues for too long...
>
>... as you say, if new-style classes are the future, and certainly the
>present now, then it doesn't make much sense to not be able to raise them.

Upgrading Python is complex dance between moving forward and maintaining
backward compatibility.  There have been long threads on python-dev
about this if you want to look for them.
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