Replace strings by actual Exception subclasses

CHANGES.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ Coming in build 307, as yet unreleased
 --------------------------------------
 
 ### pywin32
+* Fixed accidentally trying to raise a `str` instead of an `Exception` in (#2270, @Avasam)
+  * `Pythonwin/pywin/debugger/debugger.py`
+  * `Pythonwin/pywin/framework/dlgappcore.py`
+  * `com/win32com/server/policy.py`
+  * `win32/Lib/regutil.py`
+  * `win32/scripts/VersionStamp/vssutil.py`
+* Removed the following unused symbols. They were meant to be used as Exceptions, but were accidentally strings (#2270, @Avasam)
+  * `pywin.debugger.debugger.error`
+  * `pywin.framework.dlgappcore.error`
+  * `win32com.server.policy.error`
+  * `regutil.error`
+  * `win32.scripts.VersionStamp.vssutil.error`
 * Add EnumDesktopWindows (#2219, @CristiFati)
 * Marked `exc_type` and `exc_traceback` in `win32comext.axscript.client.error.AXScriptException.__init__` as deprecated. (#2236 , @Avasam)
   They are now unused and all information is taken from the `exc_value` parameter.

Pythonwin/pywin/debugger/debugger.py

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 from .dbgcon import *
 
 LVN_ENDLABELEDIT = commctrl.LVN_ENDLABELEDITW
-error = "pywin.debugger.error"
 
 
 def SetInteractiveContext(globs, locs):
@@ -635,8 +634,8 @@ def get_option(self, option):
         """Public interface into debugger options"""
         try:
             return self.options[option]
-        except KeyError:
-            raise error("Option %s is not a valid option" % option)
+        except KeyError as error:
+            raise KeyError(f"Option {option} is not a valid option") from error
 
     def prep_run(self, cmd):
         pass

Pythonwin/pywin/framework/dlgappcore.py

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 from . import app
 
-error = "Dialog Application Error"
-
 
 class AppDialog(dialog.Dialog):
     "The dialog box for the application"
@@ -62,8 +60,9 @@ def InitInstance(self):
         self.dlg = self.frame = self.CreateDialog()
 
         if self.frame is None:
-            raise error("No dialog was created by CreateDialog()")
-            return
+            raise NotImplementedError(
+                "No dialog was created by CreateDialog(). Subclasses need to implement CreateDialog."
+            )
 
         self._obj_.InitDlgInstance(self.dlg)
         self.PreDoModal()

com/win32com/server/policy.py

@@ -83,26 +83,21 @@
     DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET,
     DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT,
     DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF,
-    DISPID_COLLECT,
-    DISPID_CONSTRUCTOR,
-    DISPID_DESTRUCTOR,
     DISPID_EVALUATE,
     DISPID_NEWENUM,
     DISPID_PROPERTYPUT,
     DISPID_STARTENUM,
-    DISPID_UNKNOWN,
     DISPID_VALUE,
 )
 
+from .exception import COMException
+
 S_OK = 0
 
 # Few more globals to speed things.
 IDispatchType = pythoncom.TypeIIDs[pythoncom.IID_IDispatch]
 IUnknownType = pythoncom.TypeIIDs[pythoncom.IID_IUnknown]
 
-from .exception import COMException
-
-error = __name__ + " error"
 
 regSpec = "CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOM"
 regPolicy = "CLSID\\%s\\PythonCOMPolicy"
@@ -210,9 +205,8 @@ def _CreateInstance_(self, clsid, reqIID):
                 win32con.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, regSpec % clsid
             )
         except win32api.error:
-            raise error(
-                "The object is not correctly registered - %s key can not be read"
-                % (regSpec % clsid)
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"The object is not correctly registered - {regSpec % clsid} key can not be read"
             )
         myob = call_func(classSpec)
         self._wrap_(myob)
@@ -361,7 +355,7 @@ def _invokeex_(self, dispid, lcid, wFlags, args, kwargs, serviceProvider):
         Simply raises an exception.
         """
         # Base classes should override this method (and not call the base)
-        raise error("This class does not provide _invokeex_ semantics")
+        raise NotImplementedError("This class does not provide _invokeex_ semantics")
 
     def _DeleteMemberByName_(self, name, fdex):
         return self._deletememberbyname_(name, fdex)
@@ -515,8 +509,9 @@ def _wrap_(self, ob):
             universal_data = []
         MappedWrapPolicy._wrap_(self, ob)
         if not hasattr(ob, "_public_methods_") and not hasattr(ob, "_typelib_guid_"):
-            raise error(
-                "Object does not support DesignatedWrapPolicy, as it does not have either _public_methods_ or _typelib_guid_ attributes."
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Object does not support DesignatedWrapPolicy, "
+                + "as it does not have either _public_methods_ or _typelib_guid_ attributes.",
             )
 
         # Copy existing _dispid_to_func_ entries to _name_to_dispid_
@@ -732,7 +727,7 @@ class DynamicPolicy(BasicWrapPolicy):
     def _wrap_(self, object):
         BasicWrapPolicy._wrap_(self, object)
         if not hasattr(self._obj_, "_dynamic_"):
-            raise error("Object does not support Dynamic COM Policy")
+            raise ValueError("Object does not support Dynamic COM Policy")
         self._next_dynamic_ = self._min_dynamic_ = 1000
         self._dyn_dispid_to_name_ = {
             DISPID_VALUE: "_value_",

win32/Lib/regutil.py

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 import win32api
 import win32con
 
-error = "Registry utility error"
-
 # A .py file has a CLSID associated with it (why? - dunno!)
 CLSIDPyFile = "{b51df050-06ae-11cf-ad3b-524153480001}"
 
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ def RegisterPythonExe(exeFullPath, exeAlias=None, exeAppPath=None):
     """
     # Note - Don't work on win32s (but we don't care anymore!)
     if exeAppPath:
-        raise error("Do not support exeAppPath argument currently")
+        raise ValueError("Do not support exeAppPath argument currently")
     if exeAlias is None:
         exeAlias = os.path.basename(exeFullPath)
     win32api.RegSetValue(

win32/scripts/VersionStamp/vssutil.py

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 
 win32com.client.gencache.EnsureModule("{783CD4E0-9D54-11CF-B8EE-00608CC9A71F}", 0, 5, 0)
 
-error = "vssutil error"
-
 
 def GetSS():
     ss = win32com.client.Dispatch("SourceSafe")
@@ -172,8 +170,10 @@ def MakeNewBuildNo(project, buildDesc=None, auto=0, bRebrand=0):
             if not bRebrand:
                 buildNo = buildNo + 1
             buildNo = str(buildNo)
-        except ValueError:
-            raise error("The previous label could not be incremented: %s" % (oldBuild))
+        except ValueError as error:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"The previous label could not be incremented: {oldBuild}"
+            ) from error
 
     if not auto:
         from pywin.mfc import dialog