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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 03:05:49 +1000
Subject: Re: Exception problem with module
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Joseph L. Casale
<jcasale@activenetwerx.com> wrote:
> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>
>   File "C:/dir/test.py", line 12, in <module>
>     except a_new_name as exc:
> TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

Best would be to print out what's in a_new_name to see if it really is
what you think it is. If you think it is what you think it is, have a
look at its __mro__ (method resolution order, it's an attribute of
every class), to see what it's really inheriting. That should show you
what's happening.

ChrisA