[Python-Dev] PEP 343 - next steps
Guido van Rossum
gvanrossum at gmail.com
Sat Jun 11 02:05:14 CEST 2005
On 6/10/05, Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com> wrote:
> > - throw() is a term taken from Java & C++.
>
> This was intended. There was much discussion about this for PEP 288 and
> this was more or less a concensus choice. The term is already
> associated with exceptions in other languages and it captures the
> concept of the raise occurring somewhere else (what is thrown at or
> into). It is simple, clear, and tends to suggest all the right things.
>
> I have no doubt that someone can point out differing semantics in other
> languages but I don't care. The verbal cue is what we are after.
Cool. throw() it is.
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