[Jython-users] Exception casting

[Robertson, J. V <jas...@in...>]

Hi,

I've been using Jython for a little while for some Jini/client-server stuff,
and I really like it so far except for little things that come up I don't
understand.

I've got a few basic (probably dumb) questions.  I would _love_ to have been
able to search the jython-users archive but I can't seem to find a search
option for the archive (which is insane - surely I'm just not seeing it?)

Anyway, I can't get this to work from Jython-2.1b1:
sys.tracebacklimit = 0

It still prints a full stack trace for uncaught exceptions.

Second, does Jython not capture an exception and all subclasses of that
exception?  Why does this work:

try:
	something()
except java.lang.ClassCastException, x:
	print x

And this doesn't (ClassCastException _is_ a type of Exception)
try:
	something()
except java.lang.Exception, x:
	print x

Thanks,
Jason