raise Exception Syntax question

[Greg Ewing]

chris wrote:
>  >>> import exceptions
>  >>> e = exceptions.Exception

There's actually no need to import exceptions, since
all the standard exception names are built-in. I
think the exceptions module is just there for
historical compatibility.

>  >>> raise e("MESSAGE")

This is the preferred form. Again, the other one
only exists for historical reasons.

-- 
Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept,
University of Canterbury,	
Christchurch, New Zealand
http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg