[Python-Dev] Py3k: Except clause syntax (original) (raw)
Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Fri Mar 17 04:30:01 CET 2006
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On 3/16/06, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
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.
I agree. "as" is taking on the use of assignment in statements that
are not = and I say we just keep on with that. Plus Greg's above
explanation also makes sense to me; you are binding the exception to a
name and treating as if it was called .
-Brett
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