From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:58:20 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Stop using string exceptions
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~6223
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27a353020bef4318896bf16f558ed7e2af76e40a;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Stop using string exceptions
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diff --git a/Lib/bdb.py b/Lib/bdb.py
index ccd729ceea7b..b05ed2209177 100644
--- a/Lib/bdb.py
+++ b/Lib/bdb.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import types
 
 __all__ = ["BdbQuit","Bdb","Breakpoint"]
 
-BdbQuit = 'bdb.BdbQuit' # Exception to give up completely
+class BdbQuit(Exception): pass
 
 
 class Bdb:
diff --git a/Lib/macpath.py b/Lib/macpath.py
index f8ca05165ac9..2881c324538c 100644
--- a/Lib/macpath.py
+++ b/Lib/macpath.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def expanduser(path):
     """Dummy to retain interface-compatibility with other operating systems."""
     return path
 
-norm_error = 'macpath.norm_error: path cannot be normalized'
+class norm_error(Exception): pass
 
 def normpath(s):
     """Normalize a pathname.  Will return the same result for