From: Benjamin Peterson Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 20:49:20 +0000 (+0000) Subject: remove reference to second argument to raise #8676 X-Git-Tag: v3.2a1~844 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b496badc325c75a3058c55926d7f823e78775590;p=python remove reference to second argument to raise #8676 --- diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 9b95fa355f..777cf1987c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ The built-in exceptions listed below can be generated by the interpreter or built-in functions. Except where mentioned, they have an "associated value" indicating the detailed cause of the error. This may be a string or a tuple containing several items of information (e.g., an error code and a string -explaining the code). The associated value is the second argument to the -:keyword:`raise` statement. If the exception class is derived from the standard -root class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the -exception instance's :attr:`args` attribute. +explaining the code). The associated value is usually passed to the exception +class's constructor. If the exception class is derived from the standard root +class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the exception +instance's :attr:`args` attribute. User code can raise built-in exceptions. This can be used to test an exception handler or to report an error condition "just like" the situation in which the