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[Python-Dev] Tidier Exceptions

[Python-Dev] Tidier Exceptions [Python-Dev] Tidier ExceptionsGuido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Fri May 13 03:25:01 CEST 2005
[Ka-Ping Yee]
> Maybe bare 'except' should be spelled 'except *'.

-1.

> I don't think it can be removed altogether because sometimes you just
> need to be able to do magic, but it can be made a little more explicit.

Assuming a single root of the exception tree, you can spell it
explicitly as "except Exception" or perhaps (if that's not the root)
"except Raisable" (cf. Java's Throwable).

> With the asterisk, it's greppable, and editors can find it or highlight
> it.  I like the parallel to 'import *' (frowned upon, but sometimes
> useful if you really know what you are doing).

How is "except:" less greppable?

And is *args also frowned upon?

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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