Re: Python-LDAP exception classes

[David L. <dav...@cs...>]

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Michael Ströder typed thusly:

> David Leonard wrote:
> > this worries me. should the PARAM_ERROR, NO_SUCH_OBJECT and 
> > NO_SUCH_ATTRIBUTE
> > errors not be mapped into python exceptions in the next release? won't this
> > break existing code??
> 
> I'm making heavy use of e.g. catching ldap.NO_SUCH_OBJECT.

ok your code won't break; but those people who noticed that ValueError, 
AttributeError etc are being thrown and instead use those names will be
bitten.

> But all exceptions should be derived from ldap.LDAPError or whatever
> it's called.

thats what i reckon... and i'll change it so, if nobody seriously objects..?

d
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