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In python, how does one catch warnings as if they were exceptions?
import warnings

def fxn():
    warnings.warn("deprecated", DeprecationWarning)

with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
    # Cause all warnings to always be triggered.
    warnings.simplefilter("always")
    # Trigger a warning.
    fxn()
    # Verify some things
    assert len(w) == 1
    assert issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning)
    assert "deprecated" in str(w[-1].message)

import warnings
with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
    # Cause all warnings to always be triggered.
    warnings.simplefilter("always")

    # Call some code that triggers a custom warning.
    functionThatRaisesWarning()

    # ignore any non-custom warnings that may be in the list
    w = filter(lambda i: issubclass(i.category, UserWarning), w)

    if len(w):
        # do something with the first warning
        email_admins(w[0].message)