Commit a3c92403 authored by Georg Brandl's avatar Georg Brandl

Clarify that PyErr_NewException creates an exception *class*, not instance.

parent 8ea4968b
......@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ is a separate error indicator for each thread.
.. cfunction:: 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
:cdata:`PyExc_Exception`).
The :attr:`__module__` attribute of the new class is set to the first part (up
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