[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Lib getopt.py,1.7,1.8

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Guido van Rossum writes:
 > + 
 > + class GetoptError(Exception):
 > +     opt = ''
 > +     msg = ''
 > +     def __init__(self, *args):
 > +         self.args = args
 > +         if len(args) == 1:
 > +             self.msg = args[0]
 > +         elif len(args) == 2:
 > +             self.msg = args[0]
 > +             self.opt = args[1]
 > + 
 > +     def __str__(self):
 > +         return self.msg
 >   
 > ! error = GetoptError # backward compatibility

  This breaks as soon as the standard exceptions are strings; does
this mean -X will be removed in the next release?  (Please????)


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	  <fdrake at acm.org>
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