[Python-Dev] PEP 409 and the stdlib (original) (raw)

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Mon May 20 15:52:08 CEST 2013

On Mon, 20 May 2013 06:12:41 -0700, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

As a quick reminder, PEP 409 allows this:

try: ... except AnError: raise SomeOtherError from None so that if the exception is not caught, we get the traditional single exception traceback, instead of the new: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred

My question: How do we go about putting this in the stdlib? Is this one of the occasions where we don't do it unless we're modifying a module already for some other reason? For that matter, should we? Pros: Makes tracebacks much less confusing, especially coming from a library Cons: Could hide bugs unrelated to what is being caught and transformed

I'm pretty sure the answer is "almost never".

I think a case needs to be made for any place that seems like it would actually improve things, because usually I don't think it will, in the stdlib.

--David

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