raise Exception Syntax question

[Peter Hansen]

chris wrote:

>  >>> raise e, "MESSAGE"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> Exception: MESSAGE
> 
> 
>  >>> raise e("MESSAGE")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> Exception: MESSAGE
> 
> is there a preferable way?

The latter is preferred by many, but in any case note that the
former is basically translated to the latter by Python itself
when it executes that code so you might as well go with it.
The "except" statement catches an instance, after all, so
explicitly raising one is probably a Good Thing.

-Peter