ceval.c/do_raise(): Tighten the test to disallow raising an instance of
a str subclass.
test_descr.py/string_exceptions(): New sub-test.
For 2.3 only. Guido doesn't want this backported.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 308ed44..353d0f2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -2974,6 +2974,31 @@
vereq(NewClass.__doc__, 'object=None; type=NewClass')
vereq(NewClass().__doc__, 'object=NewClass instance; type=NewClass')
+def string_exceptions():
+ if verbose:
+ print "Testing string exceptions ..."
+
+ # Ensure builtin strings work OK as exceptions.
+ astring = "An exception string."
+ try:
+ raise astring
+ except astring:
+ pass
+ else:
+ raise TestFailed, "builtin string not usable as exception"
+
+ # Ensure string subclass instances do not.
+ class MyStr(str):
+ pass
+
+ newstring = MyStr("oops -- shouldn't work")
+ try:
+ raise newstring
+ except TypeError:
+ pass
+ except:
+ raise TestFailed, "string subclass allowed as exception"
+
def test_main():
class_docstrings()
lists()
@@ -3039,6 +3064,7 @@
funnynew()
imulbug()
docdescriptor()
+ string_exceptions()
if verbose: print "All OK"
if __name__ == "__main__":