--- a/web/_exceptions.py	Sat Jan 03 23:10:12 2009 +0100
+++ b/web/_exceptions.py	Mon Jan 05 14:08:40 2009 +0100
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     """raised when a json remote call fails
     """
     def __init__(self, reason=''):
-        super(RequestError, self).__init__()
+        #super(RequestError, self).__init__() # XXX require py >= 2.5
+        RequestError.__init__(self)
         self.reason = reason
 
     def dumps(self):