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Standard Exceptions
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All standard Python exceptions are available as global variables whose
names are `PyExc_' followed by the Python exception name.  These have
the type `PyObject*'; they are all class objects.  For completeness,
here are all the variables:

C Name                   Python Name              Notes
------                   -----                    -----
PyExc_Exception          `Exception'              (1)
PyExc_StandardError      `StandardError'          (1)
PyExc_ArithmeticError    `ArithmeticError'        (1)
PyExc_LookupError        `LookupError'            (1)
PyExc_AssertionError     `AssertionError'         
PyExc_AttributeError     `AttributeError'         
PyExc_EOFError           `EOFError'               
PyExc_EnvironmentError   `EnvironmentError'       (1)
PyExc_FloatingPointError `FloatingPointError'     
PyExc_IOError            `IOError'                
PyExc_ImportError        `ImportError'            
PyExc_IndexError         `IndexError'             
PyExc_KeyError           `KeyError'               
PyExc_KeyboardInterrupt  `KeyboardInterrupt'      
PyExc_MemoryError        `MemoryError'            
PyExc_NameError          `NameError'              
PyExc_NotImplementedError`NotImplementedError'    
PyExc_OSError            `OSError'                
PyExc_OverflowError      `OverflowError'          
PyExc_RuntimeError       `RuntimeError'           
PyExc_SyntaxError        `SyntaxError'            
PyExc_SystemError        `SystemError'            
PyExc_SystemExit         `SystemExit'             
PyExc_TypeError          `TypeError'              
PyExc_ValueError         `ValueError'             
PyExc_WindowsError       `WindowsError'           (2)
PyExc_ZeroDivisionError  `ZeroDivisionError'      

Notes:
`(1)'
     This is a base class for other standard exceptions.

`(2)'
     Only defined on Windows; protect code that uses this by testing
     that the preprocessor macro `MS_WINDOWS' is defined.