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Warnings: a warning is not necessarily an exception

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warnings.warn() reports a condition that does not normally require immediate termination. Filters can display, hide or turn selected warnings into exceptions.

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warnings.warn() reports a condition that does not normally require immediate termination. Filters can display, hide or turn selected warnings into exceptions. [1]

This helps with deprecated interfaces. A test environment can demand stricter handling without changing every call. Do not silence all warnings by habit, because that removes information about approaching compatibility problems.

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  1. [1] warnings — Warning control — Python 3.12.15 documentation ↗