[Python-Dev] For review: PEP 285: Adding a bool type (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:55:40 -0500

"DA" == David Ascher <DavidA@ActiveState.com> writes:

DA> Good point.  This reminds me of the unofficial deprecation of
DA> string exceptions.  I still find using string exceptions is
DA> darn convenient. Just adding 'import exceptions' is enough of
DA> a step to stop me from doing it 'right' until the program has
DA> scaled up enough (usually the same point where top-level
DA> functions become methods on a new class =).

Why do you have to import exceptions? All the exception classes in exceptions are already builtins. Is

class MyEXC(Exception): pass

really any more typing than

MyEXC = 'My Exception'

(expecially given that the base class specification isn't even necessary)?

-Barry