Brett Cannon wrote: > On 3/7/06, Thomas Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I know that my unittests should not rely on this, but is this change >> intended? >> >> c:\sf\ctypes_head>py24 >> Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on >> win32 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>> str(Exception) >> 'exceptions.Exception' >>>>> ^Z >> >> c:\sf\ctypes_head>py >> Python 2.5a0 (trunk:42903M, Mar 7 2006, 22:01:07) [MSC v.1310 32 bit >> (Intel)] on win32 >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>>> str(Exception) >> "<class 'exceptions.Exception'>" >>>>> ^Z > > It's a side-effect of making built-in exceptions new-style classes. > Not sure how you would override the string representation of a class > anyway to fix this.
With metaclasses, of course ;-). Seriously, I can live with the change - I just wanted to ask if it will stay, or was an oversight. Thomas _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
