[Python-Dev] New-style exceptions patch (was Re: PEP 8 updates/clarifications)

[Nick Coghlan]

Michael Hudson wrote:
> Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> writes:
> 
>> Let's say something like "string-based exceptions are strongly
>> discouraged, and in fact may be deprecated or disappear in a future
>> Python version.  Use class-based exceptions."
> 
> If I have anything to do with it, they _will_ be deprecated in 2.5.
> There is simply no excuse for writing new code using string
> exceptions.
> 
> Cheers,
> mwh
> (PS: are people still interested in my new-style exceptions patch?
>  http://bugs.python.org/1104669)

Is there a specific concern with it you want people to check out, or just a 
few more "works for me" tests on different platforms?

Cheers.
Nick.

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