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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:06:24 -0600 

SM> Taking a quick peek at my own code, the only place I see that
SM> strings are raised is in code that works with ZServer
SM> (e.g. "raise 'redirect'").
BAW> ---------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

BAW> That's kind of scary Skip!

That's what ZServer does or did require. Fortunately for me, this is in code that isn't actually used anymore. From Guido's response, it sounds like ZServer is getting away from that.

Skip