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

Russell E. Owen rowen at cesmail.net
Thu Mar 16 22:56:52 CET 2006


In article <4418CDD0.8020803 at canterbury.ac.nz>, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

For Py3k, any thoughts on changing the syntax of the except clause from

except , : to except as : so that things like except TypeError, ValueError: will do what is expected?

Brilliant. I may be showing my clumsiness, but I catch multiple exceptions so rarely that I often stumble over this.

-- Russell



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