Exception handling wart in Python

James_Althoff at i2.com James_Althoff at i2.com
Fri Nov 2 12:34:00 EST 2001


"Leo Lipelis" <aeoo at myrealbox.com> wrote:
> Leo "__who_doesnt_like_underscores_and_many_selves_at_all__" Lipelis
>
> P.S.:  The double leading underscore is the ugliest thing I've ever
> seen in language syntax.

But to be fair, you have to admit it's only *half* as ugly as the double
leading underscore plus double *trailing* underscore convention (I know,
it's *suppose* to be ugly -- and it succeeds admirably in this regard! ;-)

(Assuming here, for simplicity, that ugliness is linear).

Jim






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