Re: DB-API 2.0 Update: Replacing StandardError with Exception

On 02.09.2022 16:28, Marc-Andre Lemburg wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> an issue was pointed out at:
> 
> https://github.com/python/peps/issues/2776
> 
> with the PEP 249 - Python Database API 2.0. At the time we were creating
> the standard in 1999, the default base class for errors was the
> StandardError exception class.
> 
> In Python 3, StandardError was removed, since all exception class trees
> are now rooted directly at the Exception class.
> 
> The standard migration path is to simply replace StandardError with
> Exception when moving to Python 3.
> 
> It's interesting that no one noticed until recently, that the DB-API 2.0
> was still using StandardError.
> 
> I have now fixed the text and replaced StandardError with Exception
> and also included a footnote explaining the change.
> 
> Please have a look:
> 
> https://github.com/python/peps/pull/2781
> 
> If I don't hear any complaints, I'll merge this in the next couple of
> days.

FYI: This has been merged now. Thanks to all reviewers.

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