reverting r45321: Patch #860326: traceback.format_exception_only() now
prepends the exception's module name to non-builtin exceptions, like
the interpreter itself does.
broke a number of doctests. should be discussed before checking in (see
discussion on python-dev).
diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index 56a87dc..454eb1b 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -158,12 +158,8 @@
"""
list = []
if (type(etype) == types.ClassType
- or (isinstance(etype, type) and issubclass(etype, BaseException))):
+ or (isinstance(etype, type) and issubclass(etype, Exception))):
stype = etype.__name__
- if not hasattr(etype, '__module__'):
- stype = '<unknown>.' + stype
- elif etype.__module__ != 'exceptions':
- stype = etype.__module__ + '.' + stype
else:
stype = etype
if value is None: