Exceptions have to be exceptions. #556

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coverage/misc.py b/coverage/misc.py
index b3b439c4..534ef179 100644
--- a/coverage/misc.py
+++ b/coverage/misc.py
@@ -286,9 +286,9 @@ class ExceptionDuringRun(CoverageException):
 
 # unittest.SkipTest doesn't exist in Python 2.6. We backport it with
 # unittest2 in the coverage.py test suite.  But for production, we don't need
-# to derive from SkipTest, so if it doesn't exist, just use object.
+# to derive from SkipTest, so if it doesn't exist, just use Exception.
 
-class StopEverything(getattr(unittest, 'SkipTest', object)):
+class StopEverything(getattr(unittest, 'SkipTest', Exception)):
     """An exception that means everything should stop.
 
     This derives from SkipTest so that tests that spring this trap will be