[Python-Dev] unicode Exception messages in py2.7 (original) (raw)

Chris Barker chris.barker at noaa.gov
Fri Nov 15 00:57:05 CET 2013

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Victor Stinner

If you create an Exception with a unicode object for the message, (...) In Python 2, there are too many similar corner cases. It is impossible to fix these bugs without taking the risk of introducing a regression.

Yes, there are -- the auto-encoding is a serious pain everywhere.

However, this is a case where the resulting Exception is silenced -- it's the only one I know of, and there can't be many like that.

Seriously, all these tricky bugs are fixed in Python 3. So don't loose time on trying to workaround them, but invest in the future: upgrade to Python 3!

Maybe so -- but we are either maintaining 2.7 or not -- it WIL be around for along time yet...

(amazing to me how many people are still using <=2.7, actually, even for new projects .. thank you Red Hat "Enterprise" Linux ;-) )

-Chris

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