[Python-Dev] XML runtime errors?

[Guido van Rossum]

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> stoopid question: why the heck is xmllib using
> "RuntimeError" to flag XML syntax errors?

Because it's too cheap to declare its own exception?

> raise RuntimeError, 'Syntax error at line %d: %s' % (self.lineno, message)
> 
> what's wrong with "SyntaxError"?

That would be the wrong exception unless it's parsing Python source
code.

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