[Python-checkins] python/nondist/peps pep-0008.txt,1.25,1.26

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps
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Modified Files:
	pep-0008.txt 
Log Message:
Record BDFL opinion on exception-raising style

Index: pep-0008.txt
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/nondist/peps/pep-0008.txt,v
retrieving revision 1.25
retrieving revision 1.26
diff -u -d -r1.25 -r1.26
--- pep-0008.txt	6 Aug 2004 18:47:26 -0000	1.25
+++ pep-0008.txt	7 Aug 2005 13:27:54 -0000	1.26
@@ -546,6 +546,13 @@
         class MessageError(Exception):
             """Base class for errors in the email package."""
 
+      When raising an exception, use "raise ValueError('message')"
+      instead of the older form "raise ValueError, 'message'".  The
+      paren-using form is preferred because when the exception
+      arguments are long or include string formatting, you don't need
+      to use line continuation characters thanks to the containing
+      parentheses.  The older form will be removed in Python 3000.
+
     - Use string methods instead of the string module unless
       backward-compatibility with versions earlier than Python 2.0 is
       important.  String methods are always much faster and share the