[Python-Dev] Python in Unicode context (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Wed Aug 4 12:38:58 CEST 2004

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

P.S. - Command line switch for command line switch :-), a switch for fully turning on the newer type system would be more productive than `-U', and put some pressure for refreshening the library in this area. Just curious, as I do not intend to volunteer in this area, is there something else than Exception in the Python internals that rely on old-style classes? Probably not, but making Exception a new-style class won't be easy.

What makes you say that? I've just been remarking on comp.lang.python how having Exception be new-style in PyPy -- indeed, not having old-style classes and all -- has caused essentially no problems at all.

Perhaps I'll work up a patch sometime and see what breaks.

Cheers, mwh

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