metaclasses and Exceptions

[Aahz]

In article <fc92b425.0407282343.750721e at posting.google.com>,
Mark Nottingham <mnotting at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>From previous discussion [1] it seems that it's not possible to raise
>new-style objects. Does this effectively mean that it's impossible to
>use anything with a metaclass as an exception? i.e., am I missing some
>nifty trick that would allow me to do this in the meantime?

Why do you want to do this?

>If not, does anyone anticipate this changing anytime soon?

Python 3.0
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