From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:04:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Exception isn't the root of all exception classes anymore.
X-Git-Tag: v2.5b1~440
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e001816dff9e12785d4ddbd4f8912ebb099248a1;p=python

Exception isn't the root of all exception classes anymore.
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diff --git a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
index e1bfb3800b..504d1dcd4e 100644
--- a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ for each thread.
   The \var{name} argument must be the name of the new exception, a C
   string of the form \code{module.class}.  The \var{base} and
   \var{dict} arguments are normally \NULL.  This creates a class
-  object derived from the root for all exceptions, the built-in name
-  \exception{Exception} (accessible in C as \cdata{PyExc_Exception}).
+  object derived from \exception{Exception} (accessible in C as
+  \cdata{PyExc_Exception}).
+
   The \member{__module__} attribute of the new class is set to the
   first part (up to the last dot) of the \var{name} argument, and the
   class name is set to the last part (after the last dot).  The