Style of "raise" (was Re: message of Exception)

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.6709.1231300952.3487.python-list at python.org>,
Terry Reedy  <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>Steven Woody wrote:
>> 
>> And, I expect that when I raise a MyError as
>>     raise MyError, "my message"
>
>In 2.x you may and in 3.0 you must write that as
>raise MyError("my message")
>Best to start looking forward ;-).

Funny, when I suggested to MvL that he do that (when I saw a checkin made
against 2.x code), he rebuffed me.  I didn't get a clear answer for why,
so if you care, you need to ask him.
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