[Python-Dev] Exception masking/chaining

Barry Warsaw barry@python.org
12 Jun 2003 08:41:33 -0400


On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 06:44, Walter D=F6rwald wrote:

> 5. Implement exception chaining (as an attribute named cause on
>     the outer exception referencing the inner exception).

I'm not keen on the name "cause" for the start of the exception chain.
I'm not sure I have a better suggestion.  Maybe "antecedent"? ;/

-Barry