https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/eff45c9b1ee1978dd743d0cd4e8ac95ad91cf654 commit: eff45c9b1ee1978dd743d0cd4e8ac95ad91cf654 branch: 3.12 author: Miss Islington (bot) <[email protected]> committer: vstinner <[email protected]> date: 2025-02-03T11:54:16Z summary:
[3.12] gh-129407: Clarify that a `SystemError` isn't always CPython's fault (GH-129410) (#129611) gh-129407: Clarify that a `SystemError` isn't always CPython's fault (GH-129410) (cherry picked from commit 39b754a35976924f6df46cd475e889bcf8598ca1) Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <[email protected]> files: M Doc/library/exceptions.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 537547f6c9c5ca..7e0c0f05bb7156 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -544,9 +544,13 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised. Raised when the interpreter finds an internal error, but the situation does not look so serious to cause it to abandon all hope. The associated value is a - string indicating what went wrong (in low-level terms). + string indicating what went wrong (in low-level terms). In :term:`CPython`, + this could be raised by incorrectly using Python's C API, such as returning + a ``NULL`` value without an exception set. - You should report this to the author or maintainer of your Python interpreter. + If you're confident that this exception wasn't your fault, or the fault of + a package you're using, you should report this to the author or maintainer + of your Python interpreter. Be sure to report the version of the Python interpreter (``sys.version``; it is also printed at the start of an interactive Python session), the exact error message (the exception's associated value) and if possible the source of the _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
