Python Exceptions

An Exception is a special type of object in Python, and Python has many built-in exception types. All exceptions must be instances of a class that derives from BaseException, which means that Python exceptions form a hierarchy.

To raise an exception, means to start an exception event flow. Exception handling is interacting with an exception flow in some manner. An unhandled exception is an exception flow that is not handled by your code, and generally …

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