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Co-authored-by: Pablo Galindo Salgado <Pablogsal@gmail.com>
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Expand Up @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ attribute, as well as due to possible memory layout incompatibilities.
Most built-in exceptions are implemented in C for efficiency, see:
:source:`Objects/exceptions.c`. Some have custom memory layouts
which makes it impossible to create a subclass that inherits from
multiple exception types. Memory layout of a type is an implementation
multiple exception types. The memory layout of a type is an implementation
detail and might change between Python versions, leading to new
conflicts in the future. Therefore, it's recommended to avoid
subclassing multiple exception types altogether.
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