Classes and Instances as Exceptions
Earlier we defined our own exception using a string object, making it user defined. The new Python way of defining exceptions is with classes and class instances, which means that the raise statement can take the following form:
raise class, class_instance raise class_instance
In the except clause, you list the name of the class. If the exception instance raised is an instance of that class (a direct instance or an instance of a subclass), except will catch it. The exception class you define should be derived from the Exception class, which is defined in the exception module (exception.py). As of now, this isn't a requirement, but it likely will be in the future. If you use an instance of Exception in conjunction ...
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