[Python-Dev] New/Old class exception pitfall

Tue Mar 18 00:13:14 CET 2008

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 06:35:46PM -0400, Alexander Belopolsky wrote:
> class x:
> pass
> class y(x):
> pass
> try:
> raise y
> except y:
> print "a"
> except:
> print "b"
>> It prints 'b'.

 Python 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 on Linux: prints 'a'.
Oleg.
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