builtins.TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 9:42 AM hongy... at gmail.com
<hongyi.zhao at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thursday, December 30, 2021 at 11:24:20 PM UTC+8, Chris Angelico wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 2:03 AM hongy... at gmail.com
> > <hongy... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > See here [1] for the related discussion.
> > >
> > > [1] https://discuss.python.org/t/typeerror-catching-classes-that-do-not-inherit-from-baseexception-is-not-allowed/12800
> > Why did you post in two places at once? Did you need more people to
> > tell you the same thing as the error message?
>
> Doing so may attract the attention of developers, such as increasing the content of traceback information to make troubleshooting easier, just as André Roberge says here [1].
>

It's a simple question with a simple answer. You don't need to
cross-post. All you do is split the discussion so people don't know
what's already been said.

ChrisA