[Python-Dev] GeneratorExit inheriting from Exception

[Greg Ewing]

Giovanni Bajo wrote:

> The situation (in Py3k) I was thinking is when people see this code:
> 
> except:
>     # something
> 
> and want to change it so to get a name to the exception object. I *think* many
> could get confused and write:
> 
> except Exception, e:
>     # something

If except clauses are changed to use "as", then
as long as we're still allowing bare excepts, that
could become

   except as e:
     ...

Greg