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

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Fri Mar 17 21:23:45 CET 2006


On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 07:44:51PM +0000, John J Lee wrote:

Perhaps parentheses around the exception list should be mandatory for the 2-or-more exceptions case?

except NameError as e: --> fine except (NameError) as e: --> fine except (NameError,) as e: --> fine except NameError, OtherError as e: --> SyntaxError except (NameError, OtherError) as e: --> fine

If parens are mandatory what is the difference from the current syntax? Why do we need "as" here? Why not stay with

except (NameError, OtherError), e:

???

Oleg.

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