[Python-Dev] Requesting pronouncement on PEP 463: Exception-catching expressions (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Mar 13 14:28:03 CET 2014

On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:

It's hard to accept that a wonderful idea at a first look is not a good idea. Some months later, I now agree and see issues of my PEPs. The PEP process ensures that the Python "language" (+ stdlib) keeps consistent and well designed.

Even if a PEP is rejected, it becomes the best reference if someone requests the same or a similar feature some months or years later. Rejected PEPs explain almost how the Python language was designed. For thanks Chris, and I hope that it's not too hard for you to accept the fact that your "inline try/except" idea is maybe not as good as you expected :-)

Don't worry, there's always Python 4 .

http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0274/

-Barry

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