[Python-Dev] Exception Reorg PEP checked in

[James Y Knight]

On Aug 4, 2005, at 7:03 AM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Additionally, consider that a hypothetical ThreadExit exception  
> (used to
> terminate a thread semi-gracefully) would also clearly belong under
> ControlFlowException. That is, just because something is  
> asynchronous with
> respect to the currently executing code doesn't necessarily make it  
> an error
> (yes, I know I argued the opposite point the other day. . .).

No. Just because something gets asynchronously raised out from under  
you *does* make it critical (or maybe "critically fatal"). See my  
reply to Philip Eby on Aug 2, msgid  
<9EDA49FB-1E9B-4558-9441-90A65ECC5A52 at fuhm.net>.

James