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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 21:40:23 -0800
From: Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
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On 01/15/2014 07:47 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano writes:
>>
>>      (4) Don't return anything, but raise an exception. (But
>>          which exception?)
>
> +1. I'd like a custom exception class, sub-classed from ValueError.

+1

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~Ethan~