[Python-Dev] Go \x yourself (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 07 Aug 2000 13:04:27 +1200 (NZST)

BDFL:

No, problems with literal interpretations traditionally raise "runtime" exceptions rather than syntax errors. E.g.

What about using an exception that's a subclass of both ValueError and SyntaxError?

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