Steve Holden wrote: > Alan Illeman wrote: >> Win2k Pro - installed python: ok >> [...] >> ================================================= >>>>> C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\object.py: >> 23: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated >> raise win32ui.error, "The MFC object has died." >> pwd=secret;database=master;uid=sa;server=mpilgrim >> ================================================= >> >> DiveIntoPython example 2.1 result: >> server=mpilgrim;uid=sa;database=master;pwd=secret >> >> ..which I realise is essentially the same (except for order). >> >> I haven't ever (not that I remember) installed MFC. >> >> Help! >> [...] > I am hugely surprised to find that PythonWin apparently raises string > exceptions: this is an old programming technique, which should have been > removed from anything designed to run on Python 2.5. That is why you see > the message: it's only a warning, so you can ignore it. I am copying > Mark on this message in case he's unaware of the issue. [...]
In a private reply Mark Hammond says he will fix this in the next release - thanks for the report! regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list