Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of TracDev/Exceptions

Timestamp:

Sep 18, 2013, 10:14:24 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Peter Suter

Comment:

Some observations about the exception hierarchy.

TracDev/Exceptions

@@ -27 +27 @@
   * [=#Error `Error`] ([source:trunk/trac/db/tests/api.py#/Error trac.db.tests.api])
 
+This hierarchy seems fairly inconsistent. Consider using the `TracError` base class consistently.
+
+There also seem to be multiple naming conventions. Consider following PEP:0008#exception-names.
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+But changing the existing hierarchy might be difficult without breaking backward compatibility.
+
 == DB Exceptions
 We can catch [pep:0249#exceptions Python DB API exceptions] in a DB-neutral way. (Since Trac 1.0, see #6348.)