[Python-Dev] str(Exception) changed, is that intended?

[Thomas Heller]

I know that my unittests should not rely on this, but is this change
intended?

c:\sf\ctypes_head>py24
Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> str(Exception)
'exceptions.Exception'
>>> ^Z


c:\sf\ctypes_head>py
Python 2.5a0 (trunk:42903M, Mar  7 2006, 22:01:07) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> str(Exception)
"<class 'exceptions.Exception'>"
>>> ^Z