[Python-Dev] Revert #12085 fix for del attribute error message (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Sep 22 20:41:29 CEST 2013

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

On 9/21/2013 10:30 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

Exceptions in del point to bugs (sometimes in the stdlib) that should be fixed, period. The only reason they do not result in exceptions that are properly bubbled up and catchable is because del is called from a DECREF macro which has no return value.

That is clear enough. What fooled me is the word 'ignored', in both the doc and message. How about 'skipped' (for technical reasons)?

That's a good point, although I'm not sure 'skipped' is better. Maybe use a more neutral verb like 'occurred'?

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