[Python-Dev] Re: PEP-317

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Steven Taschuk writes:
 > This came up in python-list not long ago [1], and I raised (heh)
 > exactly that argument.  Alex Martelli counterargued that
 > exceptions are one area in which we *do* usually care about
 > isinstance relationships, since that's how we specify which
 > exceptions to catch.

This is a good point.  So I'll find it annoying, but it does make
sense, so I'll get over it (eventually).


  -Fred

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