[Python-3000] self-contained exceptions

[Collin Winter]

On 1/9/07, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> And, given the secial semantics for this position, I would support
> changing the syntax to *only* allow a single simple name there -- not
> even x.y.z. Thsh should handle 99.9% of existing code anyway.
>
> (And yes, if someone wants to add the 'as' keyword at the same time
> that would be great!

I'm going to roll the next except...as...: syntax into the next
version of my exception cleanup patch.

Collin Winter