Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module

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On 12/05/2011 21:12, Andrew Berg wrote:
> On 2011.05.12 02:25 PM, MRAB wrote:
>> You can raise an exception wherever you like! :-)
> If I raise an exception that isn't a built-in exception, I get something
> like "NameError: name 'HelloError' is not defined". I don't know how to
> define the exception.

Define it as a subclass of Exception:

     class UnknownBirdError(Exception):
         pass

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Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-11 12:29 -0500
  Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-05-11 14:05 -0400
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 14:14 -0500
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-12 20:25 +0100
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 15:12 -0500
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Corey Richardson <kb1pkl@aim.com> - 2011-05-12 16:20 -0400
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.ws> - 2011-05-12 15:26 -0500
      Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-13 00:43 +0000
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-12 21:26 +0100
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-12 13:40 -0700
    Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2011-05-12 15:35 -0500
      Re: Proper way to handle errors in a module Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-13 10:56 +1000

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