python how to handle exceptions code example

Example 1: throwing an exception python

raise Exception("message")

Example 2: python defualt error handler

import sys
def my_except_hook(exctype, value, traceback):
    if exctype == KeyboardInterrupt:
        print "Handler code goes here"
    else:
        sys.__excepthook__(exctype, value, traceback)
sys.excepthook = my_except_hook