Exceptional inheritance patterns (was Re: [Python-Dev] Python in Unicode context)

[Greg Ewing]

> My point is that I like to regard try/except as a mechanism for
> "out-of-band" objects.  Guidos "should be shot" seems to indicate he
> sees try/except only useful/applicable to exception-handling.

If the root exception class were called something else,
such as 'Raisable', would that make you feel better?

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