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

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Aug 6 02:25:59 CEST 2004

> Seems to me the point at which we start allowing new-style classes as > exceptions should also be the point at which we drop the idea of > string exceptions. Would that help?

It would probably make things a little simpler, but probably not in a major way.

I was thinking it might avoid the need to enforce a common base class for exceptions, since it would remove the ambiguity of whether 'raise "spam"' is raising a string exception or an instance of class str.

But if it's considered a good idea to enforce a common root anyway, I guess it doesn't make much difference.

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