Which Error for bad config files?

[Trans]

When loading a configuration file and it proves to be invalid in some
way, what class of error should be raised?

T.

 

[James Britt]

When loading a configuration file and it proves to be invalid in some
way, what class of error should be raised?

InvalidConfigurationFileError?



I.e., isn't this a case where you want to create a semantically
meaningful Exception class?


James


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[Trans]

InvalidConfigurationFileError?



I.e., isn't this a case where you want to create a semantically
meaningful Exception class?

Perhaps, but what I'm working on is really quite general. And even if I
need to create my own class I want to subclass the most appropriate
preexisting Error class.

T.

 

[Eric Hodel]

Perhaps, but what I'm working on is really quite general. And even
if I
need to create my own class I want to subclass the most appropriate
preexisting Error class.

RuntimeError then.