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

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:40:39 -0600 

>> Correct.  That's what the long-standing bug #411881 is about.  It
>> just deals with the standard library however, and doesn't delve into
>> the stuff in Tools, Demos, etc.

Guido> That's OK.  But I don't understand why that bug would provide an
Guido> argument for special-casing KeyboardInterrupt.

It doesn't. It's just that KeyboardInterrupt is more like SystemExit than like a real error condition.

Skip