[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 17:57:52 +0100

http://python.org/sf/518846 reports that new-style classes cannot be used as exceptions. I think it is desirable that this is fixed, but I also believe that it conflicts with string exceptions. So I would like to propose that string exceptions are deprecated for Python 2.3, in order to remove them in Python 2.4, simultaneously allowing arbitrary objects as exceptions.

Regards, Martin