Eric Wieser <wieser.eric+py...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> I get the following results for builtin objects that have defined subclasses >From that list, the only unhelpful ones with > 4 items, in my opinion, appear >to be `object`, since that just tells you every type that exists, and `tuple`, >because that lists every single namedtuple. > So it is USEFUL to know ALL subclasses of a given Exception class I agree with this - most of the value here comes from showing the full set of exceptions. If we don't do that, we should probably point the user to calling `cls.__subclasses__()` so they can inspect the full list ---------- nosy: +Eric.Wieser _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue8525> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
