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diff Doc/api/api.tex @ 15236:f1ade8ab1869 legacy-trunk
For PyErr_Format(), note that the exception parameter can be a string or
class, but not an instance (since an instance will be created using the
formatted message string as the constructor parameter).
| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Sat, 14 Oct 2000 05:49:30 +0000 |
| parents | a13a2acbe214 |
| children | be42ce295edb 0da4ccc7e8cf |
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--- a/Doc/api/api.tex Sat Oct 14 05:47:17 2000 +0000 +++ b/Doc/api/api.tex Sat Oct 14 05:49:30 2000 +0000 @@ -882,8 +882,8 @@ \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_Format}{PyObject *exception, const char *format, \moreargs} -This function sets the error indicator. -\var{exception} should be a Python object. +This function sets the error indicator. \var{exception} should be a +Python exception (string or class, not an instance). \var{fmt} should be a string, containing format codes, similar to \cfunction{printf}. The \code{width.precision} before a format code is parsed, but the width part is ignored.