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.. _bltin-exceptions:

Built-in Exceptions
===================

.. module:: exceptions
   :synopsis: Standard exception classes.

Exceptions should be class objects.   The exceptions are defined in the module
:mod:`exceptions`.  This module never needs to be imported explicitly: the
exceptions are provided in the built-in namespace as well as the
:mod:`exceptions` module.

.. index::
   statement: try
   statement: except

For class exceptions, in a :keyword:`try` statement with an :keyword:`except`
clause that mentions a particular class, that clause also handles any exception
classes derived from that class (but not exception classes from which *it* is
derived).  Two exception classes that are not related via subclassing are never
equivalent, even if they have the same name.

.. index:: statement: raise

The built-in exceptions listed below can be generated by the interpreter or
built-in functions.  Except where mentioned, they have an "associated value"
indicating the detailed cause of the error.  This may be a string or a tuple
containing several items of information (e.g., an error code and a string
explaining the code). The associated value is the second argument to the
:keyword:`raise` statement.  If the exception class is derived from the standard
root class :exc:`BaseException`, the associated value is present as the
exception instance's :attr:`args` attribute.

User code can raise built-in exceptions.  This can be used to test an exception
handler or to report an error condition "just like" the situation in which the
interpreter raises the same exception; but beware that there is nothing to
prevent user code from raising an inappropriate error.

The built-in exception classes can be subclassed to define new exceptions;
programmers are encouraged to derive new exceptions from the :exc:`Exception`
class or one of its subclasses, and not from :exc:`BaseException`.  More
information on defining exceptions is available in the Python Tutorial under
:ref:`tut-userexceptions`.

The following exceptions are only used as base classes for other exceptions.

.. exception:: BaseException

The base class for all built-in exceptions.  It is not meant to be directly
   inherited by user-defined classes (for that, use :exc:`Exception`).  If
   :func:`str` or :func:`unicode` is called on an instance of this class, the
   representation of the argument(s) to the instance are returned, or the empty
   string when there were no arguments.

.. versionadded:: 2.5

.. attribute:: args

The tuple of arguments given to the exception constructor.  Some built-in
      exceptions (like :exc:`IOError`) expect a certain number of arguments and
      assign a special meaning to the elements of this tuple, while others are
      usually called only with a single string giving an error message.

.. exception:: Exception

All built-in, non-system-exiting exceptions are derived from this class.  All
   user-defined exceptions should also be derived from this class.

.. versionchanged:: 2.5
      Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.

.. exception:: StandardError

The base class for all built-in exceptions except :exc:`StopIteration`,
   :exc:`GeneratorExit`, :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` and :exc:`SystemExit`.
   :exc:`StandardError` itself is derived from :exc:`Exception`.

.. exception:: ArithmeticError

The base class for those built-in exceptions that are raised for various
   arithmetic errors: :exc:`OverflowError`, :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`,
   :exc:`FloatingPointError`.

.. exception:: BufferError

Raised when a :ref:`buffer <bufferobjects>` related operation cannot be
   performed.

.. exception:: LookupError

The base class for the exceptions that are raised when a key or index used on
   a mapping or sequence is invalid: :exc:`IndexError`, :exc:`KeyError`.  This
   can be raised directly by :func:`codecs.lookup`.

.. exception:: EnvironmentError

The base class for exceptions that can occur outside the Python system:
   :exc:`IOError`, :exc:`OSError`.  When exceptions of this type are created with a
   2-tuple, the first item is available on the instance's :attr:`errno` attribute
   (it is assumed to be an error number), and the second item is available on the
   :attr:`strerror` attribute (it is usually the associated error message).  The
   tuple itself is also available on the :attr:`args` attribute.

.. versionadded:: 1.5.2

When an :exc:`EnvironmentError` exception is instantiated with a 3-tuple, the
   first two items are available as above, while the third item is available on the
   :attr:`filename` attribute.  However, for backwards compatibility, the
   :attr:`args` attribute contains only a 2-tuple of the first two constructor
   arguments.

The :attr:`filename` attribute is ``None`` when this exception is created with
   other than 3 arguments.  The :attr:`errno` and :attr:`strerror` attributes are
   also ``None`` when the instance was created with other than 2 or 3 arguments.
   In this last case, :attr:`args` contains the verbatim constructor arguments as a
   tuple.

The following exceptions are the exceptions that are actually raised.

.. exception:: AssertionError

.. index:: statement: assert

Raised when an :keyword:`assert` statement fails.

.. exception:: AttributeError

Raised when an attribute reference (see :ref:`attribute-references`) or
   assignment fails.  (When an object does not support attribute references or
   attribute assignments at all, :exc:`TypeError` is raised.)

.. exception:: EOFError

Raised when one of the built-in functions (:func:`input` or :func:`raw_input`)
   hits an end-of-file condition (EOF) without reading any data. (N.B.: the
   :meth:`file.read` and :meth:`file.readline` methods return an empty string
   when they hit EOF.)

.. exception:: FloatingPointError

Raised when a floating point operation fails.  This exception is always defined,
   but can only be raised when Python is configured with the
   ``--with-fpectl`` option, or the :const:`WANT_SIGFPE_HANDLER` symbol is
   defined in the :file:`pyconfig.h` file.

.. exception:: GeneratorExit

Raised when a :term:`generator`\'s :meth:`close` method is called.  It
   directly inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`StandardError`
   since it is technically not an error.

.. versionadded:: 2.5

.. versionchanged:: 2.6
      Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.

.. exception:: IOError

Raised when an I/O operation (such as a :keyword:`print` statement, the built-in
   :func:`open` function or a method of a file object) fails for an I/O-related
   reason, e.g., "file not found" or "disk full".

This class is derived from :exc:`EnvironmentError`.  See the discussion above
   for more information on exception instance attributes.

.. versionchanged:: 2.6
      Changed :exc:`socket.error` to use this as a base class.

.. exception:: ImportError

Raised when an :keyword:`import` statement fails to find the module definition
   or when a ``from ... import`` fails to find a name that is to be imported.

.. exception:: IndexError

Raised when a sequence subscript is out of range.  (Slice indices are silently
   truncated to fall in the allowed range; if an index is not a plain integer,
   :exc:`TypeError` is raised.)

.. XXX xref to sequences

.. exception:: KeyError

Raised when a mapping (dictionary) key is not found in the set of existing keys.

.. XXX xref to mapping objects?

.. exception:: KeyboardInterrupt

Raised when the user hits the interrupt key (normally :kbd:`Control-C` or
   :kbd:`Delete`).  During execution, a check for interrupts is made regularly.
   Interrupts typed when a built-in function :func:`input` or :func:`raw_input` is
   waiting for input also raise this exception. The exception inherits from
   :exc:`BaseException` so as to not be accidentally caught by code that catches
   :exc:`Exception` and thus prevent the interpreter from exiting.

.. versionchanged:: 2.5
      Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.

.. exception:: MemoryError

Raised when an operation runs out of memory but the situation may still be
   rescued (by deleting some objects).  The associated value is a string indicating
   what kind of (internal) operation ran out of memory. Note that because of the
   underlying memory management architecture (C's :c:func:`malloc` function), the
   interpreter may not always be able to completely recover from this situation; it
   nevertheless raises an exception so that a stack traceback can be printed, in
   case a run-away program was the cause.

.. exception:: NameError

Raised when a local or global name is not found.  This applies only to
   unqualified names.  The associated value is an error message that includes the
   name that could not be found.

.. exception:: NotImplementedError

This exception is derived from :exc:`RuntimeError`.  In user defined base
   classes, abstract methods should raise this exception when they require derived
   classes to override the method.

.. versionadded:: 1.5.2

.. exception:: OSError

.. index:: module: errno

This exception is derived from :exc:`EnvironmentError`.  It is raised when a
   function returns a system-related error (not for illegal argument types or
   other incidental errors).  The :attr:`errno` attribute is a numeric error
   code from :c:data:`errno`, and the :attr:`strerror` attribute is the
   corresponding string, as would be printed by the C function :c:func:`perror`.
   See the module :mod:`errno`, which contains names for the error codes defined
   by the underlying operating system.

For exceptions that involve a file system path (such as :func:`chdir` or
   :func:`unlink`), the exception instance will contain a third attribute,
   :attr:`filename`, which is the file name passed to the function.

.. versionadded:: 1.5.2

.. exception:: OverflowError

Raised when the result of an arithmetic operation is too large to be
   represented.  This cannot occur for long integers (which would rather raise
   :exc:`MemoryError` than give up) and for most operations with plain integers,
   which return a long integer instead.  Because of the lack of standardization
   of floating point exception handling in C, most floating point operations
   also aren't checked.

.. exception:: ReferenceError

This exception is raised when a weak reference proxy, created by the
   :func:`weakref.proxy` function, is used to access an attribute of the referent
   after it has been garbage collected. For more information on weak references,
   see the :mod:`weakref` module.

.. versionadded:: 2.2
      Previously known as the :exc:`weakref.ReferenceError` exception.

.. exception:: RuntimeError

Raised when an error is detected that doesn't fall in any of the other
   categories.  The associated value is a string indicating what precisely went
   wrong.

.. exception:: StopIteration

Raised by an :term:`iterator`\'s :meth:`~iterator.next` method to signal that
   there are no further values.  This is derived from :exc:`Exception` rather
   than :exc:`StandardError`, since this is not considered an error in its
   normal application.

.. versionadded:: 2.2

.. exception:: SyntaxError

Raised when the parser encounters a syntax error.  This may occur in an
   :keyword:`import` statement, in an :keyword:`exec` statement, in a call to the
   built-in function :func:`eval` or :func:`input`, or when reading the initial
   script or standard input (also interactively).

Instances of this class have attributes :attr:`filename`, :attr:`lineno`,
   :attr:`offset` and :attr:`text` for easier access to the details.  :func:`str`
   of the exception instance returns only the message.

.. exception:: IndentationError

Base class for syntax errors related to incorrect indentation.  This is a
   subclass of :exc:`SyntaxError`.

.. exception:: TabError

Raised when indentation contains an inconsistent use of tabs and spaces.
   This is a subclass of :exc:`IndentationError`.

.. exception:: SystemError

Raised when the interpreter finds an internal error, but the situation does not
   look so serious to cause it to abandon all hope. The associated value is a
   string indicating what went wrong (in low-level terms).

You should report this to the author or maintainer of your Python interpreter.
   Be sure to report the version of the Python interpreter (``sys.version``; it is
   also printed at the start of an interactive Python session), the exact error
   message (the exception's associated value) and if possible the source of the
   program that triggered the error.

.. exception:: SystemExit

This exception is raised by the :func:`sys.exit` function.  When it is not
   handled, the Python interpreter exits; no stack traceback is printed.  If the
   associated value is a plain integer, it specifies the system exit status (passed
   to C's :c:func:`exit` function); if it is ``None``, the exit status is zero; if
   it has another type (such as a string), the object's value is printed and the
   exit status is one.

Instances have an attribute :attr:`!code` which is set to the proposed exit
   status or error message (defaulting to ``None``). Also, this exception derives
   directly from :exc:`BaseException` and not :exc:`StandardError`, since it is not
   technically an error.

A call to :func:`sys.exit` is translated into an exception so that clean-up
   handlers (:keyword:`finally` clauses of :keyword:`try` statements) can be
   executed, and so that a debugger can execute a script without running the risk
   of losing control.  The :func:`os._exit` function can be used if it is
   absolutely positively necessary to exit immediately (for example, in the child
   process after a call to :func:`os.fork`).

The exception inherits from :exc:`BaseException` instead of :exc:`StandardError`
   or :exc:`Exception` so that it is not accidentally caught by code that catches
   :exc:`Exception`.  This allows the exception to properly propagate up and cause
   the interpreter to exit.

.. versionchanged:: 2.5
      Changed to inherit from :exc:`BaseException`.

.. exception:: TypeError

Raised when an operation or function is applied to an object of inappropriate
   type.  The associated value is a string giving details about the type mismatch.

.. exception:: UnboundLocalError

Raised when a reference is made to a local variable in a function or method, but
   no value has been bound to that variable.  This is a subclass of
   :exc:`NameError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.0

.. exception:: UnicodeError

Raised when a Unicode-related encoding or decoding error occurs.  It is a
   subclass of :exc:`ValueError`.

:exc:`UnicodeError` has attributes that describe the encoding or decoding
   error.  For example, ``err.object[err.start:err.end]`` gives the particular
   invalid input that the codec failed on.

.. attribute:: encoding

The name of the encoding that raised the error.

.. attribute:: reason

A string describing the specific codec error.

.. attribute:: object

The object the codec was attempting to encode or decode.

.. attribute:: start

The first index of invalid data in :attr:`object`.

.. attribute:: end

The index after the last invalid data in :attr:`object`.

.. versionadded:: 2.0

.. exception:: UnicodeEncodeError

Raised when a Unicode-related error occurs during encoding.  It is a subclass of
   :exc:`UnicodeError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. exception:: UnicodeDecodeError

Raised when a Unicode-related error occurs during decoding.  It is a subclass of
   :exc:`UnicodeError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. exception:: UnicodeTranslateError

Raised when a Unicode-related error occurs during translating.  It is a subclass
   of :exc:`UnicodeError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.3

.. exception:: ValueError

Raised when an operation or function receives an argument that has the
   right type but an inappropriate value, and the situation is not described by a
   more precise exception such as :exc:`IndexError`.

.. exception:: VMSError

Only available on VMS.  Raised when a VMS-specific error occurs.

.. exception:: WindowsError

Raised when a Windows-specific error occurs or when the error number does not
   correspond to an :c:data:`errno` value.  The :attr:`winerror` and
   :attr:`strerror` values are created from the return values of the
   :c:func:`GetLastError` and :c:func:`FormatMessage` functions from the Windows
   Platform API. The :attr:`errno` value maps the :attr:`winerror` value to
   corresponding ``errno.h`` values. This is a subclass of :exc:`OSError`.

.. versionadded:: 2.0

.. versionchanged:: 2.5
      Previous versions put the :c:func:`GetLastError` codes into :attr:`errno`.

.. exception:: ZeroDivisionError

Raised when the second argument of a division or modulo operation is zero.  The
   associated value is a string indicating the type of the operands and the
   operation.

The following exceptions are used as warning categories; see the :mod:`warnings`
module for more information.

.. exception:: Warning

Base class for warning categories.

.. exception:: UserWarning

Base class for warnings generated by user code.

.. exception:: DeprecationWarning

Base class for warnings about deprecated features.

.. exception:: PendingDeprecationWarning

Base class for warnings about features which will be deprecated in the future.

.. exception:: SyntaxWarning

Base class for warnings about dubious syntax.

.. exception:: RuntimeWarning

Base class for warnings about dubious runtime behavior.

.. exception:: FutureWarning

Base class for warnings about constructs that will change semantically in the
   future.

.. exception:: ImportWarning

Base class for warnings about probable mistakes in module imports.

.. versionadded:: 2.5

.. exception:: UnicodeWarning

Base class for warnings related to Unicode.

.. versionadded:: 2.5

Exception hierarchy
-------------------

The class hierarchy for built-in exceptions is:

.. literalinclude:: ../../Lib/test/exception_hierarchy.txt

cmd: