[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception class, not instance.

Wed Jul 13 15:59:47 CEST 2011

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c6f7fe31d8e
changeset: 71304:9c6f7fe31d8e
branch: 3.2
parent: 71301:842f5ed06255
user: Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date: Wed Jul 13 15:59:24 2011 +0200
summary:
 Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception *class*, not instance.
files:
 Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst | 6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_NewException(char *name, PyObject *base, PyObject *dict)
 
- This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The *name*
+ This utility function creates and returns a new exception class. The *name*
 argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string of the form
- ``module.class``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*. This
- creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
+ ``module.classname``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*.
+ This creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
 :c:data:`PyExc_Exception`).
 
 The :attr:`__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython


[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception *class*, not instance.

[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception class, not instance.