>>>>> "Guido" == Guido van Rossum <guido@CNRI.Reston.VA.US> writes: Guido> Yes, but class-based user exceptions existed many Python Guido> versions before class-based standard exceptions! True, but I suspect that legacy class-based user exceptions are rare. I might be wrong, but you're absolutely right that these would all be broken. Guido> Two examples in the standard library: ConfigParser.py and Guido> xdrlib.py. Fortunately these are fixed with two 11 character patches :) I'm not necessarily arguing for or against tightening this. -Barry
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