Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > class FooException(Exception): > def __init__(self): > if self.__class__ == FooException: > raise NotImplementedError, > "FooException is an abstract class for exceptions"
Shall try this when I get the chance. Thanks. > Personally, I find this unpythonic. FooException doesn't contribute > anything, and has no real reason for existing. The purpose is to be able to specify an 'except FooException:' in some user of that module; this allows exceptions from that particular module to be handled differently, if necessary. (And so on for a hierarchy of modules in a package, if that's warranted.) -- \ "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the | `\ value of nothing." -- Oscar Wilde | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
