Commit 993409dd authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

Merge doc change from 3.2.

parents 3c14b4eb 325eb470
......@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ in various ways. There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_NewException(char *name, PyObject *base, PyObject *dict)
This utility function creates and returns a new exception object. The *name*
This utility function creates and returns a new exception class. The *name*
argument must be the name of the new exception, a C string of the form
``module.class``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*. This
creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
``module.classname``. The *base* and *dict* arguments are normally *NULL*.
This creates a class object derived from :exc:`Exception` (accessible in C as
:c:data:`PyExc_Exception`).
The :attr:`__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up
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