Replace string exception "multiarray.error" exposed by multiarray module

with PyExc_Exception. Replace string exception "numpy.lib.error" exposed
by numpy.lib with PyExc_Exception. This should allow old code catching the
string errors to catch the standard error types that are now raised.

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c b/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
index 5ffedcf59..a103fe8d0 100644
--- a/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
+++ b/numpy/lib/src/_compiled_base.c
@@ -935,10 +935,12 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC init_compiled_base(void) {
     PyDict_SetItemString(d, "__version__", s);
     Py_DECREF(s);
 
-    /* Fixme; We might want to remove this error string from the dictionary */
-    s = PyString_FromString("numpy.lib.error");
-    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", s);
-    Py_DECREF(s);
+    /*
+     * PyExc_Exception should catch all the standard errors that are
+     * now raised instead of the string exception "numpy.lib.error".
+     * This is for backward compatibility with existing code.
+     */
+    PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", PyExc_Exception);
 
 
     /* define PyGetSetDescr_Type and PyMemberDescr_Type */