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Author josh.r
Recipients Peibolvig, docs@python, josh.r
Date 2014-06-25.01:19:07
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I think the section could use some additional rewording actually. The wording about deriving from type dates back to the Python 2 days; nowadays, all exceptions are actually required to derive from BaseException. The section definitely needs rewording.
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2014-06-25 01:19:07josh.rsetrecipients: + josh.r, docs@python, Peibolvig
2014-06-25 01:19:07josh.rsetmessageid: <1403659147.9.0.584799509329.issue21864@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2014-06-25 01:19:07josh.rlinkissue21864 messages
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