Feature: Unify System.Exception with BaseException

[Lamparter]

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This issue is the perfect opportunity to demonstrate the new issue templates introduced in #1812!

📄 Description

Currently, raising a .NET exception that derives from System.Exception using the raise keyword results in the following error: TypeError: exceptions must derive from BaseException.
The IronPython compiler should allow exceptions from .NET classes to be raised using Python's built in raise function.

🗃️ Alternative solutions

• Replace BaseException entirely with System.Exception (best)
• Allow BaseException and System.Exception to co-exist as different types of exceptions

👥 Intended Use-Case

This would allow for better use of the existing CLR exception types.

📸 Assets

[slozier]

You can raise an instance of a .NET exception. For example:

>>> raise System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
SystemError: Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.

I guess we could also instantiate the exception when trying to raise a class derived from System.Exception.