All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose names are "PyExc_" followed by the Python exception name. These have the type PyObject*; they are all class objects. For completeness, here are all the variables:
| C Name | Python Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PyExc_Exception | Exception | (1) |
| PyExc_StandardError | StandardError | (1) |
| PyExc_ArithmeticError | ArithmeticError | (1) |
| PyExc_LookupError | LookupError | (1) |
| PyExc_AssertionError | AssertionError | |
| PyExc_AttributeError | AttributeError | |
| PyExc_EOFError | EOFError | |
| PyExc_EnvironmentError | EnvironmentError | (1) |
| PyExc_FloatingPointError | FloatingPointError | |
| PyExc_IOError | IOError | |
| PyExc_ImportError | ImportError | |
| PyExc_IndexError | IndexError | |
| PyExc_KeyError | KeyError | |
| PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt | KeyboardInterrupt | |
| PyExc_MemoryError | MemoryError | |
| PyExc_NameError | NameError | |
| PyExc_NotImplementedError | NotImplementedError | |
| PyExc_OSError | OSError | |
| PyExc_OverflowError | OverflowError | |
| PyExc_ReferenceError | ReferenceError | (2) |
| PyExc_RuntimeError | RuntimeError | |
| PyExc_SyntaxError | SyntaxError | |
| PyExc_SystemError | SystemError | |
| PyExc_SystemExit | SystemExit | |
| PyExc_TypeError | TypeError | |
| PyExc_ValueError | ValueError | |
| PyExc_WindowsError | WindowsError | (3) |
| PyExc_ZeroDivisionError | ZeroDivisionError |
Notes:
MS_WINDOWS is defined.
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