Recommended exception method for modules?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <n8apts0ral3s3gm5rksmh4bouqjdu3ckcv at 4ax.com>, Toby Dickenson wrote:

>> 3) a class for each type of error with value(s) that further
>>    explain what is wrong:
>>
>>    class PosixSerialBaudError(Exception):
>>        [...]
>>         
>>    if not validBaud(r):
>>        raise PosixSerialBaudError(r)
>>
>>    [this last one could be done as a subclass of a general
>>     PosixSerialError class, -- that way somebody can catch
>>     either all of my exceptions or just individual ones.
>>     Right?]
>
>Possibly a PosixSerialBaudError is a little too specific.

I agree.  For now I'm just raising ValueError with an
explanitory argument.

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