rename copy.Error to copy.error
diff --git a/Lib/copy.py b/Lib/copy.py
index 966bfa2..3bbf3e7 100644
--- a/Lib/copy.py
+++ b/Lib/copy.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
x = copy.copy(y) # make a shallow copy of y
x = copy.deepcopy(y) # make a deep copy of y
-For module specific errors, copy.Error is raised.
+For module specific errors, copy.error is raised.
The difference between shallow and deep copying is only relevant for
compound objects (objects that contain other objects, like lists or
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@
import types
-Error = 'copy.Error'
+error = 'copy.error'
+Error = error # backward compatibility
def copy(x):
"""Shallow copy operation on arbitrary Python objects.
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
try:
copier = x.__copy__
except AttributeError:
- raise Error, \
+ raise error, \
"un(shallow)copyable object of type %s" % type(x)
y = copier()
else:
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
d[types.CodeType] = _copy_atomic
d[types.TypeType] = _copy_atomic
d[types.XRangeType] = _copy_atomic
+d[types.ClassType] = _copy_atomic
def _copy_list(x):
return x[:]
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@
try:
copier = x.__deepcopy__
except AttributeError:
- raise Error, \
+ raise error, \
"un-deep-copyable object of type %s" % type(x)
y = copier(memo)
else:
@@ -220,7 +222,8 @@
del types
def _test():
- l = [None, 1, 2L, 3.14, 'xyzzy', (1, 2L), [3.14, 'abc'], {'abc': 'ABC'}, (), [], {}]
+ l = [None, 1, 2L, 3.14, 'xyzzy', (1, 2L), [3.14, 'abc'],
+ {'abc': 'ABC'}, (), [], {}]
l1 = copy(l)
print l1==l
l1 = map(copy, l)