Raise X or Raise X()?

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On 11/03/2012 23:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:04:55 -0700, bvdp wrote:
>
>>  Which is preferred in a raise: X or X()?
>
> Both.
>
> Always use raise "X(*args)" when you need to provide arguments (which you
> should always do for exceptions meant for the caller to see). The form
> "raise X, args" should be considered discouraged, and in fact is gone in
> Python 3.x.
>
> Purely internal exceptions (which you raise and catch yourself) don't
> need arguments, so there is no difference between the two forms:
> "raise X" is exactly equivalent to "raise X()" with no arguments. Use
> whichever takes your fancy.
>
> Personally, I used "raise X" to mean "this doesn't need arguments and
> should never have any" and "raise X()" to mean "this needs arguments but
> I'm too lazy to provide them right now". Think of it as a FIXME.
>
As some do need arguments, I'd do the opposite; no parentheses would
mean "I haven't finished yet". :-)