[Python-Dev] Py3k: Except clause syntax

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Mar 16 10:27:32 CET 2006


Greg Ewing wrote:
> For Py3k, any thoughts on changing the syntax of
> the except clause from
> 
>    except <type>, <value>:
> 
> to
> 
>    except <type> as <value>:
> 
> so that things like
> 
>    except TypeError, ValueError:
> 
> will do what is expected?

+1 here

I actually had a go at figuring how to do this a long while back, but I have 
no idea what I ended up doing with the code (I think it died along with the 
old hard drive in my laptop).

Cheers,
Nick.

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