Raising objects

[Carlos P.]

Hi all,

I have this short question: can the operator 'raise' raise exceptions
which are instances of object? I'm getting the following behaviour
from python 2.2.2:

>>> class F: pass

>>> raise F()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
__main__.F: <__main__.F instance at 0x8136bf4>

>>> class E(object): pass

>>> raise E()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: exceptions must be strings, classes, or instances, not E

Thank you,
Carlos