[Python-Dev] Py3k: Except clause syntax (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Mar 17 01:47:16 CET 2006


Baptiste Carvello wrote:

what about

except with : a program dies "with" an error message, not "as" an error message.

No. The exception object you're catching is the value, not something which has a value. I maintain that "as" is the correct word to use here.

Greg



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