Patch #1537 from Chad Austin
Change GeneratorExit's base class from Exception to BaseException
(This time I'm applying the patch to the correct sandbox.)
diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 9fa5022..7b1f1b9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -153,11 +153,13 @@
.. exception:: GeneratorExit
Raise when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called. It
- directly inherits from :exc:`Exception` instead of :exc:`StandardError` since
+ directly inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`StandardError` since
it is technically not an error.
.. versionadded:: 2.5
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.
.. exception:: IOError
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index 706d0f1..0f45f94 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@
... while True:
... try:
... value = (yield value)
- ... except GeneratorExit:
- ... # never catch GeneratorExit
- ... raise
... except Exception, e:
... value = e
... finally: